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History

Previously home to Lenape Indian settlements, a refuge for French Huguenot settlers escaping religious persecution, and the site of a Continental Army encampment during the Revolutionary War, the Borough of Oradell was officially incorporated in 1894 as Delford, New Jersey.

Around the time Delford was established, the area was evolving from a farming hamlet into a commuting community. The introduction of railroad service during the 1870s made New York City more accessible to residents.

Newly constructed homes on Grove Street and Maple Avenue provided housing, along with easy access to the railroad. Children attended school in a one-and-a-half-story frame building, located in the area behind the current Borough Hall. That building contained just two classrooms. In 1902, due to overcrowding, a new eight-room brick building opened to provide education for grades one through eight. Today, this building functions as Oradell's Borough Hall.