The border between the newly created Harrison Township in Hudson County and the portion of Lodi Township remaining in Bergen County was the New Barbadoes Turnpike, which is now called Paterson Plank Road.
In 1852, some of the residents of the northern portion of Harrison Township requested to be returned to Bergen County.
This area—which had been part of Lodi Township—was returned to Bergen County as Union Township.
[4] Arguably the sewer, built mainly along what is now Green Street, was a sensible idea intended to attract commercial and industrial development.
Due to the Great Depression development did not take place until after World War II.