CLIFTON, a city of Pass-tic county, New Jersey, U.S.A., ad joining the city of Passaic on the north. It is served by the Lack awanna and the Erie railways. The population in 192o was 26,47o and in 193o it was 46,875. It has important manufactures, in cluding steel, silk, woollen goods, leather belting, handkerchiefs, chemicals, metal ware and gas-heaters. The factory product in 1925 was valued at $51,358,862.