Alpine, New Jersey
| Alpine, New Jersey | |
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| Borough | |
| Borough of Alpine | |
Alpine Borough Hall, Post Office & Police station
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 Map highlighting Alpine's location within Bergen County. Inset: Bergen County's location within New Jersey |
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 Census Bureau map of Alpine, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°58′05″N 73°55′02″W / 40.968149°N 73.91715°WCoordinates: 40°58′05″N 73°55′02″W / 40.968149°N 73.91715°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Bergen |
| Incorporated | April 8, 1903 |
| Named for | The Alps |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Paul H. Tomasko (D, term ends December 31, 2018) |
| • Clerk | Stephanie Wehmann |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23.910 km2 (9.232 sq mi) |
| • Land | 16.404 km2 (6.411 sq mi) |
| • Water | 7.307 km2 (2.821 sq mi) 30.56% |
| Area rank | 216th of 566 in state 4th of 70 in county |
| Elevation | 158 m (518 ft) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 1,849 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 1,917 |
| • Rank | 494th of 566 in state 68th of 70 in county |
| • Density | 111.4/km2 (288.4/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 483rd of 566 in state 69th of 70 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 07620 |
| Area code(s) | 201 exchanges: 750, 767, 768, 784. |
| FIPS code | 3400301090 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885139 |
| Website | www |
Alpine is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. It is a suburb of New York City, located 15 miles (24 km) north of Midtown Manhattan. Alpine is the easternmost community in the state of New Jersey.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 1,849, reflecting a decline of 334 (−15.3%) from the 2,183 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 467 (+27.2%) from the 1,716 counted in the 1990 Census.
In 2012, Forbes ranked Alpine as America's most expensive ZIP code with a median home price of $4.25 million, after being ranked 4th in the magazine's 2010 listing of "America's Most Expensive ZIP Codes", with a median home price of $3,814,885. In 2009, Forbes ranked Alpine first, along with Greenwich, Connecticut, with a median home price of $4.14 million. Alpine was tied with Greenwich for first in both 2006 and 2007 on the ABC News list of most expensive ZIP codes, with a median home sale price of $3.4 million.
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Alpine as its 15th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.
Alpine was formed by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 8, 1903, from portions of Harrington Township. The borough acquired a portion of Cresskill in 1904. The borough's name came from the wife of journalist Charles Nordhoff, who found the setting reminiscent of the Swiss Alps.
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