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 hav ...

located within Lyndhurst Township in

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, United States. and the site of

Kingsland station Kingsland is a railroad station on New Jersey Transit's Main Line. It is located under Ridge Road ( Route 17) between New York and Valley Brook Avenues in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, and is one of two stations in Lyndhurst. The station is not sta ...

. 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 t ...

. In 1872, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad 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