Haskell, New Jersey

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Haskell is an unincorporated community located within Wanaque Borough, in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3] Haskell was formed in 1898 as a company town for a smokeless powder mill of the Laflin & Rand Powder Company. The town was named for Laflin & Rand company president Jonathan Haskell. The Haskell powder mill manufactured the W.A. .30 caliber smokeless powder used in United States Army service rifles until 1908.[4] Laflin & Rand was purchased by DuPont in 1902,[5] suffered from an explosion caused by sabotage in World War I,[6] and the powder mill ceased operations in 1926.[4] The area is served by the United States Postal Service as part of ZIP Code 07420. The community is located in suburban Northern New Jersey.

Manufacturing explosives during World War I at DuPont factory in Haskell

As of the 2010 United States census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 07420 was 4,942.[1]

Points of interest

Elks Camp Moore is an Elks accredited summer overnight camp for children with special needs. The camp is located high on top of a mountain overlooking Route 287, bordering both Haskell and Wanaque. Admission is free for campers, and the camp is funded in part by local New Jersey Elks lodges.[7]

Back Beach Park is a 27-acre (11 ha) recreational park located in Haskell, that features various sports fields and hiking trails. Completed at a cost o $290,000 on and purchased in the early 1980, a took a decade to complete the park amid environmental challenges.[8] Accessible trails include the Wanaque Ridge, which overlooks the town at its peak, as well as the Indian Hills Trail, which connects to the Ramapo Valley County Reservation in Mahwah.[9]

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Haskell include:

References

  1. 12DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 from the 2010 Demographic Profile Data for ZCTA5 07420Deprecated link archived 2020-02-13 at archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed August 1, 2016.
  2. ↑"Haskell". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  3. ↑Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  4. 12Sharpe, Philip B. Complete Guide to Handloading 3rd Edition (1953) Funk & Wagnalls pp.147-149
  5. ↑"Laflin & Rand Powder Company". DuPont. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
  6. ↑"Kingsland and Haskell Disasters". Safety Engineering. 33 (1): 28–32. January 1917 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑Elks Camp Moore, New Jersey State Elks Association. Accessed August 1, 2016.
  8. ↑Agnish, Jai. "Back Beach Park in Wanaque set for $175,000 in upgrades", The Record, June 24, 2018. Accessed May 3, 2026. "The township's 27-acre Back Beach Park, constructed in the early 1990s at the site of an illegal dumping ground, will be renovated using nearly $175,000 in Passaic County Open Space grant money. It took five years to construct the park, off Fourth Avenue near the Wanaque River, at a cost of $290,000 once the borough contracted to buy the property in 1982."
  9. ↑Chazin, Daniel R. "Hike to Ramapo Lake and Along the Wanaque Ridge", The Jewish Link, July 16, 2026. Accessed May 3, 2026. "This six-mile-loop hike approaches Ramapo Mountain State Forest from the west via Back Beach Park in Wanaque. It climbs to the scenic Ramapo Lake, heads north along its shore, then proceeds south along the Wanaque Ridge, with panoramic views to the west and east."
  10. ↑"Wanaque CD Police Get Bars For Marksmanship Averages", Herald News, June 1, 1961. Accessed February 19, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "Biggio, will fly to Colorado next week to the graduation of Mrs. Loretta Ford, the former Loretta Pfingstel of Haskell, from the University of Colorado with a degree of doctor of education."
  11. ↑Johnson, Eliana. "Christie's Right Hand", National Review, December 16, 2013. Accessed August 1, 2016. "His political instincts were honed at Frank's Tavern, the bar owned by his father and situated next door to the family’s home in Haskell, N.J."