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- By the mid-1600s, the British began to arrive in the Hackensack area. From then until the Revolutionary War’s end in 1783, Hackensack was an area of unrest. Upon the War’s end, Hackensack residents began organizing themselves into a functioning government.
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Hackensack operates under the 1923 Municipal Manager Law form of New Jersey municipal government. The city is one of seven municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government. The City Council is comprised of five members who are elected to four-year terms on a concurrent basis in a non-partisan election held every four years ...
We welcomed people from everywhere between 1820 and 1920. Before 1883, most came from England, Scotland, Holland, France, and Scandinavia. In the second wave (1890-1920): Italy, Ireland, Poland, Greece, Russia, and other countries. But the town wasn’t done.
By the mid-1600s, the British began to arrive in the Hackensack area. From then until the Revolutionary War’s end in 1783, Hackensack was an area of unrest. Upon the War’s end, Hackensack residents began organizing themselves into a functioning government.
A Hackensack resident for over 45 years, Mayor John Labrosse was first elected to the City Council in 2009 and has served as Mayor since 2013. Under Labrosse’s administration, the City has lowered taxes the past 3 years, has seen two credit rating increases, has attracted over one Billion Dollars of investment in Hackensack, and is ...
Hackensack is a unique and diverse city on the verge of a Renaissance. We are home to the Bergen County Judiciary, County Government, world-renowned medical center and nationally-recognized educational institutions.
The name Hackensack only became the official moniker in 1921. Billed as “A City in Motion,” Hackensack has been on the move since before the founding of the United States. In 1709, the city became the Bergen County capital; and, to this day, the hub of Hackensack is the Bergen County Courthouse, a massive domed structure topped with a ...
In 1921 it was renamed Hackensack, supposedly derived from the Ackinchesacky, or Ackenack, one of the Delaware Indian peoples. During the American Revolution its village green became a camping ground for both British and American troops at various times.
