Bergen County, New Jersey

Bergen County
	Bergen County, New Jersey
	Map
	; Location in the state of New Jersey
	; New Jersey's location in the U.S.
	Statistics
Founded	1683
Seat	Hackensack
Largest City	Hackensack (population); Mahwah (area)
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 246.45 sq mi (638 km²); 232.79 sq mi (603 km²); 13.66 sq mi (35 km²), 5.5
Population; - Density	; ; auto/sq mi (auto/km²)
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5/-4
	Website: www.co.bergen.nj.us
	Named for: Bergen, Norway or Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
County flag
	Range in altitude:; Highest elevation: 1,152 ft (351 m) (Bald Mountain, in the Ramapo Mountains, in Mahwah).; Lowest elevation: 0 ft (0 m) (sea level), at the Hudson River in Edgewater.

Bergen County is a county in the U.S. State of New Jersey. It is rich and has more people living in it than other counties in New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, it had 955,732 people.^[3] It is part of the New York metropolitan area. The county is the one of the last remaining counties in the nation where shops are closed on Sundays because of "blue laws." In compliance to the blue laws, nearly all retail stores in Bergen County are closed on Sundays.

Bergen County, New Jersey Media

Bergen and Passaic counties, 1872
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The Atwood-Blauvelt Mansion in Oradell, c. 1909
View north along the Shore Trail near the Forest View Trail in Palisades Interstate Park
Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve
The Hackensack River and Passaic River watersheds.
Broad Avenue in Koreatown, Palisades Park
The traffic intersection of Route 17 and Route 4 in Paramus is one of the busiest in the world.
The George Washington Bridge, connecting Fort Lee (above) in Bergen County across the Hudson River to New York City, is the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge. The twin 47-story residential skyscrapers in the background atop the Hudson Palisades in winter are Bergen County's tallest as of 2023.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 National Association of Counties. "NACo County Explorer". Retrieved 10 January 2024.
↑ Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed October 30, 2017.
↑ "QuickFacts: Bergen County, New Jersey". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 10, 2024.

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[NACO-1] 1.0 ^1.1 National Association of Counties. "NACo County Explorer". Retrieved 10 January 2024.

[Hutchinson-2] Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed October 30, 2017.

[QF-3] "QuickFacts: Bergen County, New Jersey". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 10, 2024.

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Bergen County, New Jersey
Map
Location in the state of New Jersey
New Jersey's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1683^[1]
Seat	Hackensack^[1]
Largest City	Hackensack (population) Mahwah (area)
Area - Total - Land - Water	246.45 sq mi (638 km²) 232.79 sq mi (603 km²) 13.66 sq mi (35 km²), 5.5
Population - Density	auto/sq mi (auto/km²)
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Website: www.co.bergen.nj.us
Named for: Bergen, Norway or Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands^[2]
County flag
Range in altitude: Highest elevation: 1,152 ft (351 m) (Bald Mountain, in the Ramapo Mountains, in Mahwah). Lowest elevation: 0 ft (0 m) (sea level), at the Hudson River in Edgewater.