Closter
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borough of Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, suburb of NYC
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Bergen
- Incorporated
- January 1, 1904
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- John C. Glidden Jr. ( R , term ends December 31, 2026)
- Administrator
- James Winters
- Municipal clerk
- Mari J. Margiotta
- Total
- 3.30 sq mi (8.55 km )
- Land
- 3.16 sq mi (8.18 km )
- Water
- 0.14 sq mi (0.37 km ) 4.30%
- Rank
- 325th of 565 in state, 24th of 70 in county
- Elevation
- 39 ft (12 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 8,730
- Density
- 2,719.6/sq mi (1,050.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- borough of New Jersey
- Official name
- Closter
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Bergen County
- Population
- 8594
- Area
- 8.53525
- Elevation
- 39
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Emerson
- Official website
- www.closterboro.com
- Image
- Closter Station.jpg
- Households
- 2632
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- Commons category
- Closter, New Jersey
- postal code
- 07624
- water as percent of area
- 3.9764
- per capita income
- 62561
- date of incorporation
- 1904-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Closter ( English pronunciation: /ˈkloʊstəɹ/ ) is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 8,594, an increase of 221 (+2.6%) from the 2010 census count of 8,373, which in turn reflected a decline of 10 (−0.1%) from the 8,383 counted in the 2000 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Closter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.