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EspañolHACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY
:'' For other places with this name, see Hackensack''.
'Hackensack' is a city in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States and the county seat of Bergen County. Although informally called Hackensack, it was officially named New Barbadoes Township until 1921. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 42,677. The Census Bureau's 2005 population estimate indicates a total population of 43,735. It is located approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Manhattan and 12 miles (19 km) south of Rockland County, New York. From a number of locations one can see the New York City skyline.
The Metropolitan campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University straddles the Hackensack River in both Hackensack and Teaneck. Hackensack is also the home of the New Jersey Naval Museum and the World War II submarine ''USS Ling''. Astronaut Walter Schirra is perhaps Hackensack's most famous native son.
Hackensack is located at (40.887797, -74.047978).
It is bordered by Paramus, River Edge, Teaneck, Bogota, Ridgefield Park, Little Ferry, South Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, Lodi, and Maywood.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.2 km² (4.3 mi²). 10.7 km² (4.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (4.41%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 42,677 people, 18,113 households, and 9,545 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,999.4/km² (10,358.3/mi²). There were 18,945 housing units at an average density of 1,775.4/km² (4,598.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 52.61% White, 24.65% African American, 0.45% Native American, 7.45% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 9.71% from other races, and 5.08% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 25.92% of the population.
There were 18,113 households out of which 21.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.8% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.3% were non-families. 39.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 3.08.
In the city the population was spread out with 18.2% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 38.4% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $49,316, and the median income for a family was $56,953. Males had a median income of $39,636 versus $32,911 for females. The per capita income for the city was $26,856. About 6.8% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.1% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.
Hackensack operates under the New Jersey 1923 Municipal Manager Law. This form of government separates policy making (the work of the Mayor and City Council) from the execution of policy (the work of the City Manager). This maintains professional management and a City-wide perspective through: nonpartisan election, at-large representation, concentration of executive responsibility in the hands of a professional manager accountable to the Mayor and Council, concentration of policy making power in one body: a five-person Mayor and Council. In the several decades in which the City has used the Municipal Manager Form of Government, Hackensack has had only nine City Managers. Hackensack Municipal Court hears traffic matters, other minor offenses, and some civil cases as well.
The Mayor of the City of Hackensack is Jorge E. Meneses.[2] Other members of the Hackensack City Council are Deputy Mayor Michael R. Melfi, Charles P. McAuliffe, Karen K. Sasso and Marlin G. Townes.[3]
After Joe DeFalco died in 2005 on Election Day, his running mates agreed to create a rotation under which each of the four surviving members of the New Visions for Hackensack slate would serve for a year as Mayor, creating a series of firsts for the City. Marlin Townes took office in 2005 as the city's first black mayor, and Karen Sasso became the first female mayor in 2006. Jorge Meneses became Hackensack's first Hispanic mayor when he was sworn in on July 1, 2007. Michale Melfi will take the reins as mayor in 2008.[4]
Hackensack is part of New Jersey's 37th Legislative District and is in the Ninth Congressional District.[5]
As of April 1, 2006, out of a 2004 Census estimated population of 43,681 in Hackensack, there were 17,933 registered voters (41.1% of the population, vs. 55.4% in all of Bergen County). Of registered voters, 4,838 (27.0% vs. 20.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 1,945 (10.8% vs. 19.2% countywide) were registered as Republicans and 11,142 (62.1% vs. 60.1% countywide) were registered as Undeclared. There were eight voters registered to other parties.[6]
On the national level, Hackensack leans strongly toward the Democratic Party. In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 71% of the vote here, defeating Republican George W. Bush, who received around 28%.[7]
The Hackensack Public Schools serve students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district include four K-4 elementary schools:
Fairmount Elementary School (web site under construction),
Fanny Meyer Hillers School,
Jackson Avenue Elementary School and
Nellie K. Parker Elementary School. The 5ive 6ix School serves grades 5 and 6. Hackensack Middle School serves grades 7 and 8.
Hackensack High School serves students from Hackensack, Maywood, Rochelle Park and South Hackensack. Students from Teterboro may attend either Hackensack High School or Hasbrouck Heights High School.
The Bergen County Academies, a public magnet high school located in Hackensack, serves the high-school population of Bergen County, as part of the Bergen County Technical Schools district.
The Metropolitan campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University straddles the Hackensack River in both Hackensack and Teaneck.
The city is served by three train stations on New Jersey Transit's Pascack Valley Line, two of them in Hackensack. Anderson Street Station serves Northern Hackensack while Essex Street Station serves Southern portions of the city. The North Hackensack Station also serves the northernmost parts of Hackensack, and The Shops at Riverside, but the station is in the southernmost part of River Edge, adjoining Hackensack.
New Jersey Transit buses include lines 76, 83, 144, 145, 148, 155, 157, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 168, 171, 175, 178, 182, 712, 751, 755, 752, 753, 756, 762, 770, 772 and 780.[8]
Interstate 80, Route 17, Route 4, and County Route 503 serve Hackensack, while there are many other main roads in Hackensack.
The first inhabitants of the area were the Lenni Lenape Native Americans (known to the European settlers as the Delaware) who lived along the valley of what they called the ''Achinigeu-hach'', or "''Ackingsah-sack''", (today the Hackensack River) and spoke a Munsee dialect of the Algonquian languages. A representation of Chief Oratam of the Achkinhenhcky appears on the Hackensack municipal seal.[9] [10]
As the Dutch settlers of the Dutch West India Company in New Amsterdam (present-day New York City) moved west of the Hudson River in the 1660s, they eventually settled along the Hackensack River calling the area ''Bergen''.
Oratam, sagamore of the Lenni Lenape, deeded the land to the Dutch in 1665 (see the seal of Bergen County). The area was soon taken by the English in 1669, but kept its Dutch name. Philip Cartaret, governor of what was then considered the proprietary colony of East Jersey granted land to Captain John Berry in the area of Bergen and soon after took up residence and called it "New Barbadoes," after having resided on the island of Barbadoes.
In 1675, the East Jersey Legislature officially established the first four counties of present day New Jersey, (Bergen, Essex, Middlesex, and Monmouth).
New Barbadoes Township, together with Acquackanonk Township, were formed by Royal Charter on October 31, 1693."The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 78-79 re Hackensack, p. 82 re New Barbadoes.
The neighborhood that came to be known as the village of Hackensack (today the area encompassing Bergen County's municipal buildings in Hackensack) was a part of Essex County until 1710, when Bergen County, by royal decree of Queen Anne of Great Britain, was enlarged and the Township of New Barbadoes was removed from Essex County and added to Bergen County.
In 1710, the village of Hackensack in the newly formed Township of New Barbadoes was designated as being more centrally located and more easily reached by the majority of the Bergen County’s inhabitants, and hence was chosen as the county seat of Bergen County (as it remains today). During the American Revolutionary War, George Washington headquartered in New Barbadoes Township in the village of Hackensack in November 1776 and camped on 'The Green' across from the First Dutch Reformed Church. This prepared the way for the first American victory of the Revolution the following month at the Battle of Trenton.
The New Jersey Legislature passed a school act in 1894. Each village, borough, town, or city in New Jersey was delegated responsibility for its own public schools through the office of the county superintendent. One result of the 1894 Act was the formation of Hackensack High School in the village of Hackensack in the Township of New Barbadoes.
Over the centuries, after many departures, secessions, and de-annexations due to what is now referred to as ''Boroughitis'', all that was left of New Barbadoes Township was the village of Hackensack and its surrounding neighborhoods (Fairmount, Red Hill, Cherry Hill). On November 21, 1921, based on the results of a referendum held on November 8, 1921, New Barbadoes Township received its charter to incorporate as a city and ''officially'' took on its name “Hackensack,” a name derived from its original inhabitants, the Lenni-Lenape, who named it "''Ackingsah-sack''."
First Dutch Reformed Church (“Church on The Green”); built 1696. In 1696 Major Berry donated land for the First Reformed Dutch Church,[11] erected in that same year, (which still stands in Hackensack today as the oldest church in Bergen County and the second oldest church in New Jersey). The following is list of notable people buried in the Church's adjoining cemetery:
★ Enoch Poor, one of George Washington’s officers.[12][13]
★ Richard Varick, former mayor of the city of New York and former New York Attorney General[14][15]
★ Interment records for First Dutch Reformed Churchyard
North Jersey Media Group. Bergen County’s largest newspaper, ''The Record'', calls Hackensack its home. The North Jersey Media Group (NJMG) publishes two daily newspapers; 41 local newspapers; a magazine, (201) The Best of Bergen; and operates several local web sites. Scheduled tours of their printing facility are available to groups.
New Jersey Naval Museum[16] and the World War II submarine ''USS Ling'', a Balao class submarine, and several smaller water vessels and artifacts. The museum is open select weekdays for group tours.
Other points of interest within the city include the Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack River County Park, the Church on the Green, and the Bergen County Courthouse.
The Shops at Riverside (formerly known as Riverside Square Mall), is an upscale shopping center located at the intersection of Route 4 and Hackensack Avenue at the northern edge of the city along the Hackensack River. The mall, which is in the process of a fairly significant expansion, is anchored by a number of high-end department stores and restaurants, including Bloomingdale's, Saks Fifth Avenue, Tiffany & Co., Pottery Barn and Barnes & Noble.
Bergen County Jail is a detention center for both sentenced and unsentenced prisoners.
Radio station WWDJ at 970 AM, is licensed to Hackensack and has its transmitter in the city. The station is currently owned by Salem Communications and plays a Christian radio format.
★ Hackensack was to have been ground zero for the nuclear warhead that Superman successfully redirected into space in "" (the other warhead detonated on the San Andreas Fault). Hackensack was the hometown of the mother of Valerie Perrine's character, Eve Teschmacher.
★ The song I Happen to Like New York by Cole Porter features the lines
:"Last Sunday afternoon
:I took a trip to Hackensack,
:But after I gave Hackensack the once-over,
:I took the next train back."
★ The danish rockband Hackensack has taken their name from Hackensack, NJ
★ The band Fountains of Wayne has a song called "Hackensack" from their 2003 album ''Welcome Interstate Managers''. The song is about somebody recognizing a girl he used to know from Hackensack High School who had become famous.
:"I used to know you when we were young,
:You were in all my dreams.
:We sat together in period one,
:Fridays at 8:15"
★ Hackensack is also mentioned in Billy Joel's song ''Movin' Out'':
:"Who needs a house out in Hackensack,
:Is that all you get for your money?"
★ Hackensack is also mentioned in System of a Down's song ''Lost in Hollywood'' from the album Mezmerize:
:"The lines in the letter said
:'We have gone to Hackensack' "
★ F. Scott Fitzgerald went to the prep school, the Newman School, in Hackensack in 1911.
★ Hackensack is also mentioned in ''Death of a Salesman'' by Arthur Miller.
:Stanley, the waiter, to Willy Loman in Act 3, "But I know you, you ain't from Hackensack. You know what I mean? "
★ The 1985 film ''Brewster's Millions'' starred Richard Pryor, who played a pitcher for the Hackensack Bulls, a fictional minor-league baseball team.
★ In the 1998 film ''Bride of Chucky'', Chucky's human body is said to be buried in a fictional Hackensack Cemetery.[17]
★ In the 2001 film ''Zoolander'', Hackensack is mentioned as where Mugatu first made his novelty neck ties.
★ Season 1 Episode 48 of ''Pinky and the Brain'' is set in the Hackensack Socko Kicky Sack Kicker Factory.
★ Hackensack was home to the legendary Van Gelder recording studio where Jazz greats Sonny Rollins and Thelonius Monk recorded some of their landmark work.
★ Thelonius Monk recorded a tribute to Rudy Van Gelder entitled ''Hackensack''.
★ Get Fuzzy, the comic created by Darby Conley, takes place in Boston, however Bucky was found on top of a trash can in Hackensack by Rob Wilco.
Notable current and former residents of Hackensack include:
★ Warren Boroson, author and journalist.[18]
★ Adam Boyd (1746-1835) represented New Jersey in Congress from 1803 to 1805, and again from 1808 to 1813.[19]
★ Dave Fiore, offensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers and the Washington Redskins.[20]
★ Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1876-1950) Author of many popular children's books.
★ Archibald C. Hart (1873-1935), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district from 1912-1913 and 1913-1917.[21]
★ John Huyler (1808-1870), represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1857-1859.[22]
★ Jason Rullo, drummer of the New Jersey based Neo-Classical metal band Symphony X, was born on July 17, 1972 in Hackensack.
★ Rudy Van Gelder, recording engineer who taped many jazz albums for Blue Note Records in his Hackensack recording studio in the 1950s.[23]
1. "Hackensack", ''FDU Magazine'', Fall / Winter 2001. Accessed June 14, 2007. "Billed as “A City in Motion,” Hackensack has been on the move since before the founding of the United States."
2. Welcome to the City of Hackensack, City of Hackensack. Accessed July 2, 2007.
3. Mayor and City Council, City of Hackensack. Accessed July 2, 2007.
4. Sposito, Sean. " Hackensack swears in its first Hispanic mayor", ''The Record (Bergen County)'', July 2, 2007. Accessed July 2, 2007. "Members of the City Council have been rotating the mayoralty since running mate Joe DeFalco's fatal heart attack on election day 2005. Traditionally, in Hackensack a mayor is appointed after the council is elected. But DeFalco's sudden death left the New Visions for Hackensack ticket in disarray. Councilman Marlin Townes served until June 2006, becoming the city's first black mayor. He was followed by Karen Sasso, who became the city's first woman mayor. She handed over the reins to Meneses on Sunday.... Newly appointed Deputy Mayor Michael R. Melfi will take his turn as mayor next in what Sasso describes as a "tag team" of politicians."
5. 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, New Jersey League of Women Voters, p. 58. Accessed August 30, 2006.
6. "County of Bergen: Voter Statistics by Municipality, Ward & District," dated April 1, 2006.
7. 2004 Presidential Election results: Bergen County New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety: Division of Elections, dated December 13, 2004.
8. New Jersey Transit Bus Schedules, accessed March 15, 2007.
9. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names: H, GetNJ.com. Acecssed July 2, 2007.
10. Cheslow, Jerry. " If You're Thinking of Living In/Hackensack, N.J.; After Long Decline, Downtown Rebounds", ''The New York Times'', May 3, 1998. Accessed July 2, 2007. "Hackensack is named for the Achkinhenhcky branch of the Leni Lenape Indians, who traded with Dutch settlers along the Hackensack River as far back as the 1660s. The portrait of their chief, Oratam, who negotiated a treaty with English and Dutch settlers in 1690, appears on the municipal seal."
11. Photographic Inventory: Hackensack First Reformed Church, accessed August 7, 2006.
12. Enoch Poor burial site, accessed August 7, 2006.
13. Find-A-Grave information for Enoch Poor, accessed August 7, 2006.
14. Col. Richard Varick burial site, accessed August 7, 2006.
15. Find-A-Grave information for Richard Varick, accessed August 7, 2006.
16. Hackensack, New Jersey: 300 Years of Modern History, accessed August 27, 2007.
17. FILM REVIEW; Carrying a Torch for a Malevolent Doll, ''The New York Times'', October 17, 1998.
18. Warren Boroson; Author and Journalist. Accessed June 2, 2007.
19. Adam Boyd, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 22, 2007.
20. Dave Fiore profile, database Football. Accessed June 14, 2007.
21. Archibald C. Hart, ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Accessed July 28, 2007.
22. John Huyler, ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Accessed September 2, 2007.
23. Zan, Stewart. "The state of jazz: Meet 40 more Jersey greats", ''The Star-Ledger'', September 28, 2003. Accessed June 14, 2007.
★ Hackensack official website
★ Hackensack Public Schools
★ Hackensack elementary school portal
★ National Center for Education Statistics data for the Hackensack Public Schools
★
★ Photos of Hackensack, Upper Main Street Alliance
★ Personal photographs of Hackensack from local resident Bob Leafe
★ Fairleigh Dickinson University
★ Hackensack University Medical Center
★ Hackensack Riverkeeper
★ Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights for Hackensack
★ New Jersey Naval Museum website
★ Hackensack Community Message Boards
★ Hackensack Traffic Court
'Hackensack' is a city in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States and the county seat of Bergen County. Although informally called Hackensack, it was officially named New Barbadoes Township until 1921. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 42,677. The Census Bureau's 2005 population estimate indicates a total population of 43,735. It is located approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Manhattan and 12 miles (19 km) south of Rockland County, New York. From a number of locations one can see the New York City skyline.
The Metropolitan campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University straddles the Hackensack River in both Hackensack and Teaneck. Hackensack is also the home of the New Jersey Naval Museum and the World War II submarine ''USS Ling''. Astronaut Walter Schirra is perhaps Hackensack's most famous native son.
Geography
Hackensack is located at (40.887797, -74.047978).
It is bordered by Paramus, River Edge, Teaneck, Bogota, Ridgefield Park, Little Ferry, South Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, Lodi, and Maywood.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.2 km² (4.3 mi²). 10.7 km² (4.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (4.41%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 42,677 people, 18,113 households, and 9,545 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,999.4/km² (10,358.3/mi²). There were 18,945 housing units at an average density of 1,775.4/km² (4,598.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 52.61% White, 24.65% African American, 0.45% Native American, 7.45% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 9.71% from other races, and 5.08% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 25.92% of the population.
There were 18,113 households out of which 21.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.8% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.3% were non-families. 39.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 3.08.
In the city the population was spread out with 18.2% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 38.4% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $49,316, and the median income for a family was $56,953. Males had a median income of $39,636 versus $32,911 for females. The per capita income for the city was $26,856. About 6.8% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.1% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.
Government
The Bergen County Court House
Local government
Hackensack operates under the New Jersey 1923 Municipal Manager Law. This form of government separates policy making (the work of the Mayor and City Council) from the execution of policy (the work of the City Manager). This maintains professional management and a City-wide perspective through: nonpartisan election, at-large representation, concentration of executive responsibility in the hands of a professional manager accountable to the Mayor and Council, concentration of policy making power in one body: a five-person Mayor and Council. In the several decades in which the City has used the Municipal Manager Form of Government, Hackensack has had only nine City Managers. Hackensack Municipal Court hears traffic matters, other minor offenses, and some civil cases as well.
The Mayor of the City of Hackensack is Jorge E. Meneses.[2] Other members of the Hackensack City Council are Deputy Mayor Michael R. Melfi, Charles P. McAuliffe, Karen K. Sasso and Marlin G. Townes.[3]
After Joe DeFalco died in 2005 on Election Day, his running mates agreed to create a rotation under which each of the four surviving members of the New Visions for Hackensack slate would serve for a year as Mayor, creating a series of firsts for the City. Marlin Townes took office in 2005 as the city's first black mayor, and Karen Sasso became the first female mayor in 2006. Jorge Meneses became Hackensack's first Hispanic mayor when he was sworn in on July 1, 2007. Michale Melfi will take the reins as mayor in 2008.[4]
Federal, state and county representation
Hackensack is part of New Jersey's 37th Legislative District and is in the Ninth Congressional District.[5]
Politics
As of April 1, 2006, out of a 2004 Census estimated population of 43,681 in Hackensack, there were 17,933 registered voters (41.1% of the population, vs. 55.4% in all of Bergen County). Of registered voters, 4,838 (27.0% vs. 20.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 1,945 (10.8% vs. 19.2% countywide) were registered as Republicans and 11,142 (62.1% vs. 60.1% countywide) were registered as Undeclared. There were eight voters registered to other parties.[6]
On the national level, Hackensack leans strongly toward the Democratic Party. In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 71% of the vote here, defeating Republican George W. Bush, who received around 28%.[7]
Education
The Hackensack Public Schools serve students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district include four K-4 elementary schools:
Fairmount Elementary School (web site under construction),
Fanny Meyer Hillers School,
Jackson Avenue Elementary School and
Nellie K. Parker Elementary School. The 5ive 6ix School serves grades 5 and 6. Hackensack Middle School serves grades 7 and 8.
Hackensack High School serves students from Hackensack, Maywood, Rochelle Park and South Hackensack. Students from Teterboro may attend either Hackensack High School or Hasbrouck Heights High School.
The Bergen County Academies, a public magnet high school located in Hackensack, serves the high-school population of Bergen County, as part of the Bergen County Technical Schools district.
The Metropolitan campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University straddles the Hackensack River in both Hackensack and Teaneck.
Transportation
The city is served by three train stations on New Jersey Transit's Pascack Valley Line, two of them in Hackensack. Anderson Street Station serves Northern Hackensack while Essex Street Station serves Southern portions of the city. The North Hackensack Station also serves the northernmost parts of Hackensack, and The Shops at Riverside, but the station is in the southernmost part of River Edge, adjoining Hackensack.
New Jersey Transit buses include lines 76, 83, 144, 145, 148, 155, 157, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 168, 171, 175, 178, 182, 712, 751, 755, 752, 753, 756, 762, 770, 772 and 780.[8]
Interstate 80, Route 17, Route 4, and County Route 503 serve Hackensack, while there are many other main roads in Hackensack.
History
The first inhabitants of the area were the Lenni Lenape Native Americans (known to the European settlers as the Delaware) who lived along the valley of what they called the ''Achinigeu-hach'', or "''Ackingsah-sack''", (today the Hackensack River) and spoke a Munsee dialect of the Algonquian languages. A representation of Chief Oratam of the Achkinhenhcky appears on the Hackensack municipal seal.[9] [10]
As the Dutch settlers of the Dutch West India Company in New Amsterdam (present-day New York City) moved west of the Hudson River in the 1660s, they eventually settled along the Hackensack River calling the area ''Bergen''.
Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant in delegation with the Lenni Lenape. (This is depicted on the seal of Bergen County).
In 1675, the East Jersey Legislature officially established the first four counties of present day New Jersey, (Bergen, Essex, Middlesex, and Monmouth).
New Barbadoes Township, together with Acquackanonk Township, were formed by Royal Charter on October 31, 1693."The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 78-79 re Hackensack, p. 82 re New Barbadoes.
The neighborhood that came to be known as the village of Hackensack (today the area encompassing Bergen County's municipal buildings in Hackensack) was a part of Essex County until 1710, when Bergen County, by royal decree of Queen Anne of Great Britain, was enlarged and the Township of New Barbadoes was removed from Essex County and added to Bergen County.
In 1710, the village of Hackensack in the newly formed Township of New Barbadoes was designated as being more centrally located and more easily reached by the majority of the Bergen County’s inhabitants, and hence was chosen as the county seat of Bergen County (as it remains today). During the American Revolutionary War, George Washington headquartered in New Barbadoes Township in the village of Hackensack in November 1776 and camped on 'The Green' across from the First Dutch Reformed Church. This prepared the way for the first American victory of the Revolution the following month at the Battle of Trenton.
The New Jersey Legislature passed a school act in 1894. Each village, borough, town, or city in New Jersey was delegated responsibility for its own public schools through the office of the county superintendent. One result of the 1894 Act was the formation of Hackensack High School in the village of Hackensack in the Township of New Barbadoes.
Over the centuries, after many departures, secessions, and de-annexations due to what is now referred to as ''Boroughitis'', all that was left of New Barbadoes Township was the village of Hackensack and its surrounding neighborhoods (Fairmount, Red Hill, Cherry Hill). On November 21, 1921, based on the results of a referendum held on November 8, 1921, New Barbadoes Township received its charter to incorporate as a city and ''officially'' took on its name “Hackensack,” a name derived from its original inhabitants, the Lenni-Lenape, who named it "''Ackingsah-sack''."
Points of interest
Hackensack's Church On The Green
First Dutch Reformed Church (“Church on The Green”); built 1696. In 1696 Major Berry donated land for the First Reformed Dutch Church,[11] erected in that same year, (which still stands in Hackensack today as the oldest church in Bergen County and the second oldest church in New Jersey). The following is list of notable people buried in the Church's adjoining cemetery:
★ Enoch Poor, one of George Washington’s officers.[12][13]
★ Richard Varick, former mayor of the city of New York and former New York Attorney General[14][15]
★ Interment records for First Dutch Reformed Churchyard
North Jersey Media Group. Bergen County’s largest newspaper, ''The Record'', calls Hackensack its home. The North Jersey Media Group (NJMG) publishes two daily newspapers; 41 local newspapers; a magazine, (201) The Best of Bergen; and operates several local web sites. Scheduled tours of their printing facility are available to groups.
New Jersey Naval Museum[16] and the World War II submarine ''USS Ling'', a Balao class submarine, and several smaller water vessels and artifacts. The museum is open select weekdays for group tours.
Other points of interest within the city include the Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack River County Park, the Church on the Green, and the Bergen County Courthouse.
The Shops at Riverside (formerly known as Riverside Square Mall), is an upscale shopping center located at the intersection of Route 4 and Hackensack Avenue at the northern edge of the city along the Hackensack River. The mall, which is in the process of a fairly significant expansion, is anchored by a number of high-end department stores and restaurants, including Bloomingdale's, Saks Fifth Avenue, Tiffany & Co., Pottery Barn and Barnes & Noble.
Bergen County Jail is a detention center for both sentenced and unsentenced prisoners.
Local media
Radio station WWDJ at 970 AM, is licensed to Hackensack and has its transmitter in the city. The station is currently owned by Salem Communications and plays a Christian radio format.
Trivia
★ Hackensack was to have been ground zero for the nuclear warhead that Superman successfully redirected into space in "" (the other warhead detonated on the San Andreas Fault). Hackensack was the hometown of the mother of Valerie Perrine's character, Eve Teschmacher.
★ The song I Happen to Like New York by Cole Porter features the lines
:"Last Sunday afternoon
:I took a trip to Hackensack,
:But after I gave Hackensack the once-over,
:I took the next train back."
★ The danish rockband Hackensack has taken their name from Hackensack, NJ
★ The band Fountains of Wayne has a song called "Hackensack" from their 2003 album ''Welcome Interstate Managers''. The song is about somebody recognizing a girl he used to know from Hackensack High School who had become famous.
:"I used to know you when we were young,
:You were in all my dreams.
:We sat together in period one,
:Fridays at 8:15"
★ Hackensack is also mentioned in Billy Joel's song ''Movin' Out'':
:"Who needs a house out in Hackensack,
:Is that all you get for your money?"
★ Hackensack is also mentioned in System of a Down's song ''Lost in Hollywood'' from the album Mezmerize:
:"The lines in the letter said
:'We have gone to Hackensack' "
★ F. Scott Fitzgerald went to the prep school, the Newman School, in Hackensack in 1911.
★ Hackensack is also mentioned in ''Death of a Salesman'' by Arthur Miller.
:Stanley, the waiter, to Willy Loman in Act 3, "But I know you, you ain't from Hackensack. You know what I mean? "
★ The 1985 film ''Brewster's Millions'' starred Richard Pryor, who played a pitcher for the Hackensack Bulls, a fictional minor-league baseball team.
★ In the 1998 film ''Bride of Chucky'', Chucky's human body is said to be buried in a fictional Hackensack Cemetery.[17]
★ In the 2001 film ''Zoolander'', Hackensack is mentioned as where Mugatu first made his novelty neck ties.
★ Season 1 Episode 48 of ''Pinky and the Brain'' is set in the Hackensack Socko Kicky Sack Kicker Factory.
★ Hackensack was home to the legendary Van Gelder recording studio where Jazz greats Sonny Rollins and Thelonius Monk recorded some of their landmark work.
★ Thelonius Monk recorded a tribute to Rudy Van Gelder entitled ''Hackensack''.
★ Get Fuzzy, the comic created by Darby Conley, takes place in Boston, however Bucky was found on top of a trash can in Hackensack by Rob Wilco.
Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of Hackensack include:
★ Warren Boroson, author and journalist.[18]
★ Adam Boyd (1746-1835) represented New Jersey in Congress from 1803 to 1805, and again from 1808 to 1813.[19]
★ Dave Fiore, offensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers and the Washington Redskins.[20]
★ Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1876-1950) Author of many popular children's books.
★ Archibald C. Hart (1873-1935), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district from 1912-1913 and 1913-1917.[21]
★ John Huyler (1808-1870), represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1857-1859.[22]
★ Jason Rullo, drummer of the New Jersey based Neo-Classical metal band Symphony X, was born on July 17, 1972 in Hackensack.
★ Rudy Van Gelder, recording engineer who taped many jazz albums for Blue Note Records in his Hackensack recording studio in the 1950s.[23]
References
1. "Hackensack", ''FDU Magazine'', Fall / Winter 2001. Accessed June 14, 2007. "Billed as “A City in Motion,” Hackensack has been on the move since before the founding of the United States."
2. Welcome to the City of Hackensack, City of Hackensack. Accessed July 2, 2007.
3. Mayor and City Council, City of Hackensack. Accessed July 2, 2007.
4. Sposito, Sean. " Hackensack swears in its first Hispanic mayor", ''The Record (Bergen County)'', July 2, 2007. Accessed July 2, 2007. "Members of the City Council have been rotating the mayoralty since running mate Joe DeFalco's fatal heart attack on election day 2005. Traditionally, in Hackensack a mayor is appointed after the council is elected. But DeFalco's sudden death left the New Visions for Hackensack ticket in disarray. Councilman Marlin Townes served until June 2006, becoming the city's first black mayor. He was followed by Karen Sasso, who became the city's first woman mayor. She handed over the reins to Meneses on Sunday.... Newly appointed Deputy Mayor Michael R. Melfi will take his turn as mayor next in what Sasso describes as a "tag team" of politicians."
5. 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, New Jersey League of Women Voters, p. 58. Accessed August 30, 2006.
6. "County of Bergen: Voter Statistics by Municipality, Ward & District," dated April 1, 2006.
7. 2004 Presidential Election results: Bergen County New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety: Division of Elections, dated December 13, 2004.
8. New Jersey Transit Bus Schedules, accessed March 15, 2007.
9. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names: H, GetNJ.com. Acecssed July 2, 2007.
10. Cheslow, Jerry. " If You're Thinking of Living In/Hackensack, N.J.; After Long Decline, Downtown Rebounds", ''The New York Times'', May 3, 1998. Accessed July 2, 2007. "Hackensack is named for the Achkinhenhcky branch of the Leni Lenape Indians, who traded with Dutch settlers along the Hackensack River as far back as the 1660s. The portrait of their chief, Oratam, who negotiated a treaty with English and Dutch settlers in 1690, appears on the municipal seal."
11. Photographic Inventory: Hackensack First Reformed Church, accessed August 7, 2006.
12. Enoch Poor burial site, accessed August 7, 2006.
13. Find-A-Grave information for Enoch Poor, accessed August 7, 2006.
14. Col. Richard Varick burial site, accessed August 7, 2006.
15. Find-A-Grave information for Richard Varick, accessed August 7, 2006.
16. Hackensack, New Jersey: 300 Years of Modern History, accessed August 27, 2007.
17. FILM REVIEW; Carrying a Torch for a Malevolent Doll, ''The New York Times'', October 17, 1998.
18. Warren Boroson; Author and Journalist. Accessed June 2, 2007.
19. Adam Boyd, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 22, 2007.
20. Dave Fiore profile, database Football. Accessed June 14, 2007.
21. Archibald C. Hart, ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Accessed July 28, 2007.
22. John Huyler, ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Accessed September 2, 2007.
23. Zan, Stewart. "The state of jazz: Meet 40 more Jersey greats", ''The Star-Ledger'', September 28, 2003. Accessed June 14, 2007.
External links
★ Hackensack official website
★ Hackensack Public Schools
★ Hackensack elementary school portal
★ National Center for Education Statistics data for the Hackensack Public Schools
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★ Photos of Hackensack, Upper Main Street Alliance
★ Personal photographs of Hackensack from local resident Bob Leafe
★ Fairleigh Dickinson University
★ Hackensack University Medical Center
★ Hackensack Riverkeeper
★ Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights for Hackensack
★ New Jersey Naval Museum website
★ Hackensack Community Message Boards
★ Hackensack Traffic Court
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