Map of Little Falls in
Passaic County; Singac is located in the western end of Little Falls. Inset: Location of Passaic County highlighted in the State of
New Jersey.
Census Bureau map of Little Falls, New Jersey, in which Singac is located at its western end
The name Singac is believed to be an interpretation of the
Lenape words meaning "backbone of mountain"[17][18] or that it may originate from the Lenape term schinghacki meaning "flat country" or from schingask meaning "boggy meadow", which alludes to how the area floods after a storm.[19]
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 0.498 square miles (1.289 km2), including 0.466 square miles (1.207 km2) of land and 0.032 square miles (0.082 km2) of water (6.34%).[1][2]
Singac is a neighborhood in the western end of Little Falls. It is bounded to the north by the
Passaic River.
New Jersey Route 23, known as the Newark-Pompton Turnpike or Pompton Avenue, runs north-south through the community.
Of the 1,477 households, 25.5% had children under the age of 18; 45.6% were married couples living together; 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 37.7% were non-families. Of all households, 31.5% were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.16.[16]
19.5% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.1 years. For every 100 females, the population had 94.5 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 90.5 males.[16]
^Alex, Patricia.
"Steeped in history, choked by traffic", The Record, November 1, 1999. Accessed June 11, 2023, via
Newspapers.com. "Singac - pronounced SING-ack, an English approximation of the Native American name for a local brook - and Willowbrook lie on either side of a tight bend in the river."
^Nelson, William; and Shriner, Charles Anthony.
History of Paterson and Its Environs (the Silk City), p. 72. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1920. Accessed July 21, 2023. "Singack - A neighborhood about five miles southwest of Paterson; it is commonly called by the old people, 'The Singack.' The name is from schinghacki, a flat country, whence is derived schingask, a boggy meadow. The name given to this neighborhood describes it accurately; it is a flat country along the Passaic river and is frequently overflowed in times of freshet."
^Funk, Richard W.
"Building diners was specialty of several companies", Standard-Speaker, December 2, 2001. Accessed July 21, 2023, via
Newspapers.com. "New Jersey could be considered the capital of the diner industry.... Mountain View Diners of Singac, N.J., was in business from 1939 to 1957. Hazleton's Blue Comet is a heavily remodeled 1957 model. This firm was known as a very aggressive marketer in the 1950s and its diners were shipped all over the country."