| 1618- |
First settlement of white men in New Jersey at Bergen (Jersey City) was sent by Dutch East India Company |
| 1645- |
Chief Oratam signed peace treaty with the Dutch |
| 1660- |
Sarah Kierstad granted tract of land including much of Teaneck, by Oratam |
| 1664- |
English captured New Netherlands |
| 1675- |
Bergen County Established |
| 1682- |
Definite boundaries established for Bergen County (not the same as today) |
| 1683- |
First constable chosen; road board set up to lay out roads, bridges and ferries; towns authorized to elect men to levy taxes to defray such costs |
| 1693- |
The General Assembly of East Jersey established Hackensack Township, of which Teaneck was a part |
| 1822- |
Teaneck’s first school organized |
| 1859- |
Northern Railroad built-this was later leased to the Erie |
| 1865- |
William Walter Phelps bought his first holding in Teaneck |
| 1869- |
School built next to the present Town House |
| 1871- |
Legislature of the State of New Jersey created townships of Englewood and Ridgefield from Hackensack Township; Teaneck was part of each |
| 1894- |
Phelps died June 15; holdings then administered by Phelps Estate |
| 1895- |
Township of Teaneck became independent unit, held first election, William Bennett elected chairman of Township Committee |
| 1896- |
First electric lights installed |
| 1906- |
Original School #2, now town house, completed |
| 1910- |
School #1 (Longfellow) built; partially destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1921 |
| 1913- |
Township divided into 2 election districts. There were 530 voters, 423 of whom had cast ballots in the last election |
| 1914- |
Paid police department inaugurated |
| 1916- |
School #3 (Emerson) completed |
| 1920- |
First paid fireman |
| 1922- |
Phelps Estate opened for development in June |
| 1923- |
School #4 (Whittier) completed |
| 1925- |
Holy Name Hospital opened it doors; School #5 (Hawthorne) completed |
| 1926- |
New Municipal Building completed; School #6 (Bryant) completed |
| 1927- |
Teaneck Library Incorporated |
| 1928- |
Teaneck Post Office opened |
| 1929- |
Senior High School completed |
| 1930- |
Referendum to change to Council-Manager government passed Sept. 16; Paul A. Volcker appointed Township Manager |
| 1931- |
Route 4 and George Washington Bridge Completed; Planning Board started, with Milton Votee appointed Township Manager |
| 1932- |
Votee Park begun as a WPA project of swamp drainage of land which had reverted to the Township for non-payment of taxes |
| 1934- |
School #7 (Lowell) completed |
| 1936- |
Bergen Junior College (now part of Fairleigh-Dickinson University) moved to Teaneck from Hackensack, where it had held classes at the Hackensack Y |
| 1941- |
Present School #2 (Washington Irving) Completed |
| 1944- |
Recreation Department founded, with Richard Rodda as first Director |
| 1948- |
James T. Welsh appointed Township Manager |
| 1951- |
Police Building completed; Reference Room and Junior Room wings added to library |
| 1956- |
School #8 (Eugene Field) completed |
| 1957- |
Benjamin Franklin Junior High School completed |
| 1958- |
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School completed |
| 1959- |
Werner Schmid appointed Township Manager |
| 1960- |
New U.S. Post Office dedicated |
| 1962- |
First Seven-man Council elected; new wings added to Municipal Building |
| 1967- |
One-Lane Grayson Place bridge replaced with two-lane facility |
| 1968- |
Windsor Road Fire House completed |
