Englewood Township lasted just short of twenty-five years, and was dissolved on March 17, 1899.
Hackensack Township was divided into three parts, each stretching from the Hudson River on the east to the Hackensack River in the west:[1] The new township was quickly subdivided.
The implementation by the New Jersey Legislature of a new Borough Act served to encourage the creation of new municipalities, most formed from portions of two (or more) townships.
Englewood Township did not last long after this new legislation, and the case of "Boroughitis" it fomented.
[1] On March 17, 1899, the remainder of Englewood Township was combined with parts of Ridgefield Township to form the current city of Englewood, New Jersey.