Garfield, industrial city, Bergen County, northeastern New Jersey, at the confluence of the Passaic and Saddle rivers; settled 1679 by the Dutch, incorporated as a city 1917. Major products include textiles, rubber goods, chemicals, paper products, and machinery. Once known as Cadmus' Melon Patch and later as East Passaic, the community was renamed in 1881 for President James A. Garfield. Population 26,803 (1980); 26,727 (1990); 29,786 (2000).
