Welcome to Pompton ...

Pompton is located in Passaic County<1>.

The location of Pompton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pompton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

The was incorporated in 1895.

Pompton is 190 feet [58 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Pompton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Telephone area codes for Pompton: (973) and (862)<4>

Communities near Pompton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pompton.

• Newark
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
  • Newark is located in Essex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 282,520 people
• Paterson
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson
  • Paterson is located in Passaic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
• Clifton
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
  • Clifton is located in Passaic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,025 people
• Passaic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
  • Passaic is located in Passaic County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 69,340 people
• Union City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
  • Union City is located in Hudson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 67,137 people
• East Orange
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orange
  • East Orange is located in Essex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,630 people
• Hackensack
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackensack
  • Hackensack is located in Bergen County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,981 people
• Kearny
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearny
  • Kearny is located in Hudson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,507 people
• Spring Valley
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Spring Valley is located in Rockland County (NY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,258 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Valley <5>
• Garfield
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
  • Garfield is located in Bergen County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,641 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pompton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pompton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pompton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pompton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pompton. See our Newspapers Page for Pompton.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pompton ...

Looking for more information about Pompton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Pompton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pompton.

Adding Pompton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pompton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Pompton was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

We also found Pompton in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pompton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pompton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Passaic County: www.passaiccountynj.org/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/