Little Falls

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Little Falls, New Jersey

Little Falls is a township in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 census, the township's population was 14,432, reflecting an increase of 3,577 (+33.0%) from the 10,855 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 439 (-3.9%) from the 11,294 counted in the 1990 Census. It is located about 15 miles (24 km) from New York City.

Little Falls was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 2, 1868, from portions of Acquackanonk Township. On March 25, 1914, portions of the township were taken to form the borough of West Paterson (now Woodland Park). The township was named for a waterfall on the Passaic River at a dam near Beattie Mill.

The Morris Canal, once an important artery of trade and transportation between the Delaware and Hudson rivers, wound its way through the town, and vestiges of it still remain.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 2.810 square miles (7.277 km²), including 2.735 square miles (7.084 km²) of land and 0.075 square miles (0.193 km²) of water (2.65%).

Little Falls (NJT station)

Coordinates: 40°52′50″N 74°14′07″W / 40.88056°N 74.23528°W / 40.88056; -74.23528

Little Falls is the second of two station maintained by New Jersey Transit in Little Falls, New Jersey. The station, on the Montclair-Boonton Line is the first to receive limited revenue service due to the end of electrification at the site of the former Great Notch station. Little Falls station, located at Union Avenue (Passaic County Route 646) in downtown has one side platform with the 1915 station depot, built of brick on the side. The station contains one track for revenue service, and a passing siding for trains. The station is the eighth fare zone, costing $7.75 for a one-way ticket to Hoboken Terminal and a dollar more to transfer at Newark Broad Street to New York Pennsylvania Station. The station has 194 parking spaces, 134 on Railroad Avenue at Montclair Avenue and sixty more along Montclair Avenue. A ticket machine is available. The station is not accessible for handicapped persons. Anyone wishing to receive train service for handicapped must go to Montclair State University station or Wayne Route 23 Transit Center across the Passaic River in Wayne.