page_title: Hackensack, New Jersey
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Hackensack, New Jersey / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: View of Hackensack, New Jersey from an airplane heading for Newark Airport-cropped
context_page_description: Hackensack is a city in Bergen County in New Jersey, United States, and serves as its county seat. The area was officially named New Barbadoes Township until 1921, but it was informally known as Hackensack since at least the 18th century. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 43,010, reflecting an increase of 333 from the 42,677 counted in the 2000 Census, which had, in turn, increased by 5,628 from the 37,049 counted in the 1990 Census.
  An inner suburb of New York City, Hackensack is located approximately 12 miles northwest of Midtown Manhattan and about 7 miles from the George Washington Bridge. From a number of locations, the New York City skyline can be seen.
  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 Wally Schirra is perhaps Hackensack's most famous native son.
  The city has diverse neighborhoods and land uses located close to one another.
context_section_description: According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 4.35 square miles (11.27 km²), including 4.19 square miles (10.86 km²) of land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km²) of water (3.63%).
  The city is bordered by the Bergen County municipalities of Bogota, Hasbrouck Heights, Little Ferry, Lodi, Maywood, Paramus, Ridgefield Park, River Edge, South Hackensack, Teaneck and Teterboro.
  There are many houses of historic value, and some of these were identified in the 1990 Master Plan. The city does not have any registered historic districts, or any restrictions on preserving the historic facade in any portions of the city.  Areas considered suburban single-family residential neighborhoods account for about one third of the city's area, mostly along its western side.
  Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the city include Fairmount and North Hackensack.
caption: View of Hackensack from a plane
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