Edgewater
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borough located along the Hudson River in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Bergen
- Incorporated
- December 7, 1894, as Undercliff
- Renamed
- November 8, 1899, as Edgewater
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Michael McPartland ( D , term ends December 31, 2027)
- Administrator
- Gregory S. Franz
- Municipal clerk
- Annamarie O'Connor
- Total
- 2.43 sq mi (6.29 km )
- Land
- 0.97 sq mi (2.52 km )
- Water
- 1.46 sq mi (3.78 km ) 60.33%
- Rank
- 376th of 565 in state, 39th of 70 in county
- Elevation
- 3 ft (0.91 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 14,678
- Density
- 14,764.2/sq mi (5,700.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Edgewater
- Population
- 14336
- Area
- 6.271822
- Elevation
- 9
- Official website
- www.edgewaternj.org
- Image
- Edgewater development.JPG
- Households
- 6046
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- Commons category
- Edgewater, New Jersey
- postal code
- 07020
- water as percent of area
- 61.3844
- per capita income
- 74986
- date of incorporation
- 1894-12-07
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Edgewater is a borough located along the Hudson River in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 14,336, an increase of 2,823 (+24.5%) from the 2010 census count of 11,513, which in turn reflected an increase of 3,836 (+50.0%) from the 7,677 counted in the 2000 census
The borough's history has featured the founding of the first colony in Bergen County, contribution to the Revolutionary War, a period as a "sleepy, pastoral little town" with resort hotels in the 19th century, industrialization in the early 20th century, and a transition to a rapidly growing residential community in the late 20th century.