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Teaneck
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township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, suburb of NYC
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Bergen
- Incorporated
- February 19, 1895
- Type
- Faulkner Act Council-Manager
- Body
- Township Council
- Mayor
- Mark Schwartz (term ends December 31, 2028)
- Manager
- Jaclyn Hashmat (effective July 1, 2024)
- Clerk
- Douglas Ruccione
- Total
- 6.24 sq mi (16.15 km )
- Land
- 6.04 sq mi (15.65 km )
- Water
- 0.20 sq mi (0.51 km ) 3.16%
- Rank
- 253rd of 565 in state, 7th of 70 in county
- Elevation
- 128 ft (39 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 41,697
- Density
- 6,828.7/sq mi (2,636.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Teaneck
- Population
- 41246
- Area
- 16
- Elevation
- 39
- Official website
- www.teanecknj.gov
- Image
- THS Main 2007.jpg
- Households
- 13164
- Dialing code
- 201
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- inception
- 1895-02-19
- Commons category
- Teaneck, New Jersey
- postal code
- 07666
- per capita income
- 50095
- native label
- Teaneck
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Teaneck ( English pronunciation: /ˈtiːnɛk/ ) is a township in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a bedroom community in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 41,246, an increase of 1,470 (+3.7%) from the 2010 census count of 39,776, which in turn reflected an increase of 516 (+1.3%) from the 39,260 counted in the 2000 census. As of 2020, Teaneck was the second-most populous among the 70 municipalities in Bergen County, behind Hackensack, which had a population of 46,030.
Teaneck was created on February 19, 1895, by an act of the New Jersey Legislature from portions of Englewood Township and Ridgefield Township, both of which are now defunct (despite existing municipalities with similar names), along with portions of Bogota and Leonia. Independence followed the result of a referendum held on January 14, 1895, in which voters favored incorporation by a 46–7 margin. To address the concerns of Englewood Township's leaders, the new municipality was formed as a township, rather than succumbing to the borough craze sweeping across Bergen County at the time. On May 3, 1921, and again on June 1, 1926, portions of what had been Teaneck were transferred to Overpeck Township.