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Cresskill, in north east New Jersey, got its name from the watercress to be found in its streams, while the "kill" part refers to the river (or stream) that runs through it. It counts singer Mary J Blige among its most famous residents.
Cresskill was created in 1894, when it was incorporated as a borough of Bergen County, New Jersey, by an act of the New Jersey Legislature -- a year when 26 boroughs were formed in this county
