The town's proximity to rail lines and a large waterfront made Harrison favorably situated for trade. While campaigning for re-election in 1912, President William Howard Taft told residents gathered for a rally that 'you have reason to be proud of this Hive of Industry', from which was coined the town's motto, 'The Beehive of Industry', which is still used today. On March 25, 1869, Harrison town was incorporated, replacing the township. Halstead succeeded in getting the necessary laws passed in Trenton and April 8, 1867, Kearny became a separate Township from land that was a part of Harrison, which included East Newark at the time East Newark later seceded from Kearny, establishing their own Borough. Union Township was created as of February 19, 1852, from portions of the township and became part of Bergen County. The first committee meeting of the Township of Harrison was held on April 16, 1840, and it is widely accepted that Harrison was named for President William Henry Harrison, who was elected that year. Harrison Township was thereby established. This appeal resulted in the creation of Hudson County and the first mention of Harrison occurs in the law which was passed on April 13, 1840. In 1840, the inhabitants of Lodi Township joined with present-day Secaucus, Bayonne, Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken, and Union City and petitioned for the creation of a new county due to the great distance which the petitioners had to travel to reach the county seat in Hackensack.

Since Lodi Township was part of Bergen County, matters dealing with the county government and courts had to be taken to Hackensack. In 1826, the New Jersey Legislature, Lodi Township was formed from the southern portion of New Barbadoes Neck in Bergen County. By 1795, a bridge over the Hackensack 950 feet (290 m) long and another over the Passaic 492 feet (150 m) long (at the site of the Bridge Street Bridge) were built creating an uninterrupted toll road connection. In 1790 the state legislature decided that 'public good would be served by a 64-foot road from Paulus Hook to Newark Couthouse'. In 1755, the first steam engine in North America was set up at the Schuyler Copper Mine in what is now North Arlington to help drain water from the mine.Ī road to the Hudson Waterfront was completed in 1750, named for Douwe's Ferry which it met at its eastern end to cross the Haceknsack River.

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