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​A brief history of Dumont

The borough was originally formed on July 20, 1891, as the Borough of Schraalenburgh from portions of Harrington Township and Palisades Township, based on the results of a referendum held the previous day. The borough was formed during the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone. On March 7, 1898, portions of the borough were annexed to Palisades Township. On June 13, 1898, the borough's name was changed to Dumont in honor of Dumont Clarke, the borough's first mayor​
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Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 1.986 square miles (5.143 km2), including 1.983 square miles (5.136 km2) of land and 0.003 square miles (0.007 km2) of water (0.14%). Municipalities bordering the borough include the Bergen County communities of Bergenfield, Cresskill, Demarest, Haworth, New Milford and Oradell.
Education​
The Dumont Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its five schools had an enrollment of 2,675 students and 212.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1. Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics are Grant School (362 students in grades K-5; opened 1911), Honiss School (666 in K-5; opened 1955), Lincoln School (200 in K-5; opened 1911), Selzer School (532 in PreK-8; opened 1960) and Dumont High School (809 in 9-12; opened 1932).

Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools, which include the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, and the Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro or Paramus. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.

Newbury Academy is a private alternative high school for students in grades 9-12 that was founded in Teaneck in 2001 and moved to Dumont in 2003. As of September 2008, Newbury Academy has become a virtual school with all classes being conducted online, with teachers making weekly visits to students' homes
Dumont Restaurants
Ribs, Chicken, Pulled Pork, Chopped Beef BBQ, Carving Stations, and More are featured daily in their dining room as their Jumbo Southern Pride Smoker keeps the meat coming!
​Join Pitmaster Dave 'Fink' Finkelstein, Lead Pitman Robert Gant and their crew for real home style American cooking.
2017 US Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Home value data includes all types of owner-occupied housing.