Hackensack is a City (New Jersey) in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States and the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey. Although informally called Hackensack, it was officially named New Barbadoes Township, Bergen County, New Jersey (Historical) until 1921. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 42,677. The United States Census Bureau 2006 population estimate projects a population of 43,671. An inner-ring suburb of New York City, Hackensack is located approximately 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Midtown Manhattan. From a number of locations one can see the New York City skyline.

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Hackensack is a City (New Jersey) in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States and the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey. Although informally called Hackensack, it was officially named New Barbadoes Township, Bergen County, New Jersey (Historical) until 1921. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 42,677. The United States Census Bureau 2006 population estimate projects a population of 43,671. An inner-ring suburb of New York City, Hackensack is located approximately 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Midtown Manhattan. From a number of locations one can see the New York City skyline.

The Metropolitan campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University straddles the Hackensack River in both Hackensack and Teaneck, New Jersey. Hackensack is also the home of the New Jersey Naval Museum and the World War II submarine USS Ling (SS-297). Astronaut Walter Schirra is perhaps Hackensack's most famous native son.

Geography
Hackensack is located at (40.887797, -74.047978).

It is bordered by Paramus, New Jersey, River Edge, New Jersey, Teaneck, New Jersey, Bogota, New Jersey, Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, Little Ferry, New Jersey, South Hackensack, New Jersey, Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, Lodi, New Jersey, and Maywood, New Jersey.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.3 square miles (11.2 km²), of which, 4.1 square miles (10.7 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²) of it (4.41%) is water.