Kingsland is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

located within Lyndhurst Township in

Bergen County Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

, United States. and the site of

Kingsland station Kingsland is a railroad station on New Jersey Transit's Main Line (NJ Transit), Main Line. It is located under Ridge Road (New Jersey Route 17, Route 17) between New York and Valley Brook Avenues in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, and is one of two s ...

. The Kingsland Avenue Bridge is nearby.

History

The Kingsland family possessed a large tract of land in the area known as Kingsland Manor. on what was known as

New Barbadoes Neck New Barbadoes Neck is the name given in the colonial era for the peninsula in northeastern New Jersey, US between the lower Hackensack and Passaic Rivers, in what is now western Hudson County and southern Bergen County. The neck begins in the ...

. In 1872, the

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (also known as the DL&W or Lackawanna Railroad) was a U.S. Class 1 railroad that connected Buffalo, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey (and by ferry with New York City), a distance of . Incorporated in ...

established a railway through the township, and erected a depot in the settlement named "Kingsland" in honor of the family. A railroad shop was built, and houses erected for the railroad employees. Church services were held in the train depot. Kingsland had a post office.

References

Lyndhurst, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in Bergen County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey {{BergenCountyNJ-geo-stub