Bergen County, New Jersey

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	State	New Jersey
	Seal	Bergen_County_Sealpng
	Map	Map of New Jersey highlighting Bergen Countysvg
	Map Size	100
	Founded	1683
	Seat	Hackensack
	Area	639 Km&2 (247 Mi&2 )
	Area Land	606 km&2 (234 mi&2)
	Area Water	33 km&2 (13 mi&2)
	Area Percentage	512%
	Census Yr	2000
	Pop	884,118
	Density	1,458
	Web	wwwcobergennjus

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Historical municipalities

Over the history of the county, there have been various municipality secessions, annexations, and renamings. The following is a partial list of former municipalities, ordered by year of incorporation.

• Bergen Township , 1693


• Hackensack Township , 1693


• New Barbadoes Township , 1710


• Saddle River Township , 1716


• Franklin Township , 1771


• Harrington Township , 1775


• Lodi Township , 1825


• Washington Township , 1840


• Hohokus Township , 1849


• Union Township , 1852


• Midland Township , 1871


• Englewood Township , 1871


• Palisades Township , 1871


• Ridgefield Township , 1871


• Ridgewood Township , 1876


• Orvil Township , 1885


• Boiling Springs Township , 1885


• Overpeck Township , 1892


• Bergen Township , 1893


• Eastwood Borough , 1894

POINTS OF INTEREST

• Bergen is also the home to the New Jersey Naval Museum in Hackensack . There the USS ''Ling'' is moored in the Hackensack River and is available for tours as a Museum Ship .

County parks

• Belmont Hill County Park , Garfield


• Campgaw Mountain Reservation , Mahwah


• Dahnert's Lake County Park , Garfield


• Darlington County Park , Mahwah


• McFaul Environmental Center , Wyckoff


• Ramapo Mountain Reservation , Mahwah


• Overpeck County Park , Leonia, Palisades Park, Ridgefield Park


• Riverside County Park , Lyndhurst, North Arlington


• Pascack Brook County Park , Westwood


• Saddle Ridge Riding Area , Franklin Lakes


• Saddle River County Park , Paramus, Glen Rock, Rochelle Park, Saddle Brook, Ridgewood


• Samuel Nelkin County Park , Wallington


• Van Saun County Park , Paramus


• Wood Dale County Park , Woodcliff Lake


• Bergen County Zoological Park , Paramus

County-owned historical sites

• Baylor Massacre site, River Vale


• Camp Merritt , Cresskill


• Campbell Christie House , River Edge


• Easton Tower , Paramus


• Garretson Farm , Fair Lawn


• Gethsemane Cemetery , Little Ferry


• Washington Spring Garden , Paramus


• Wortendyke Barn , Park Ridge

State parks

• Ramapo Mountain State Forest , Mahwah


• Palisades Interstate Park , Fort Lee, Englewood Cliffs, Tenafly, Alpine

State-owned historical sites

• New Bridge Landing , New Milford, River Edge and Teaneck


• Steuben House , River Edge (at New Bridge Landing)


• The Hermitage , Ho-Ho-Kus

EXTERNAL LINKS

• Bergen County official website


• History of Bergen County, NJ