page_title: Ridgefield, New Jersey
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Ridgefield, New Jersey / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking north from Bergen Blvd at St Vartan Armenian Apostolic Church in Ridgefield on a sunny midday.
context_page_description: Ridgefield is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 11,032, reflecting an increase of 202 from the 10,830 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 834 from the 9,996 counted in the 1990 Census.
  Ridgefield was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 26, 1892, from portions of Ridgefield Township. The borough was named for the area's terrain.
context_section_description: According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 2.87 square miles (7.43 km²), including 2.54 square miles (6.59 km²) of land and 0.33 square miles (0.85 km²) of water (11.39%).
  The borough is informally divided into three sections based on the geographical contour of the land. The first section is known as Ridgefield, and lies partly in the valley on both the east and west sides and partly on the first hill. The second section is known as Morsemere, and is located in the northern part of the borough. The third section is Ridgefield Heights, on the second hill at the extreme eastern part of the borough, running north and south.
  Morsemere was named by a real estate development company in honor of Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph and Morse code. During the middle of the 19th century, Morse owned vast tracts of land in the Ridgefield section of the borough. Ridgefield's telephone exchange was Morsemere 6 until dial service arrived in the mid-1950s.
  The borough shares borders with Carlstadt, Cliffside Park, Fairview, Fort Lee, Little Ferry, Palisades Park, Ridgefield Park and South Hackensack in Bergen County; and North Bergen in Hudson County.
  Undercliff Junction is an unincorporated community located within Ridgefield.
caption: Armenian Apostolic Church on Bergen Boulevard
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