HARRISON, a town of Hudson county, N.J., U.S.A., on the Passaic river, opposite Newark. It is served by the Erie, the Lackawanna and the Pennsylvania railways. The population was 15,721 in 1920 (33.7% foreign-born white) and it was 15,601 in 1930 by the Federal census. Harrison is an integral part of the Newark industrial district. It has several miles of river-front, lined with factories, and the aggregate output of its manufacturing industries was valued at $45,738,000 in 1928. The principal products are steel, roller bearings, elevators, wires, leather, pumps, metal toys, electric lamps, gas and cutlery. The town was settled before the end of the 17th century. In 5840 it was set off from Lodi and named after President William Henry Harrison; in 1873 it was incorporated. Harrison originally included what is now the town of Kearny.