Glen Rock, New Jersey
| Glen Rock, New Jersey | |
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| Borough | |
| Borough of Glen Rock | |
Glen Rock–Boro Hall station NJ Transit station. Glen Rock is served by both the Bergen County Line (above) and the Main Line.
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 Map highlighting Glen Rock's location within Bergen County. Inset: Bergen County's location within New Jersey |
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 Census Bureau map of Glen Rock, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°57′34″N 74°07′31″W / 40.959471°N 74.125202°WCoordinates: 40°57′34″N 74°07′31″W / 40.959471°N 74.125202°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Bergen |
| Incorporated | September 14, 1894 |
| Named for | Prominent glacial boulder |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Bruce Jay Packer (D, term ends December 31, 2019) |
| • Administrator | Lenora Benjamin |
| • Clerk | Jacqueline Scalia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.738 sq mi (7.091 km2) |
| • Land | 2.714 sq mi (7.028 km2) |
| • Water | 0.024 sq mi (0.063 km2) 0.89% |
| Area rank | 360th of 566 in state 33rd of 70 in county |
| Elevation | 131 ft (40 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 11,601 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 11,999 |
| • Rank | 209th of 566 in state 28th of 70 in county |
| • Density | 4,275.2/sq mi (1,650.7/km2) |
| • Density rank | 139th of 566 in state 35th of 70 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 07452 |
| Area code(s) | 201 |
| FIPS code | 3400326640 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885233 |
| Website | www |
Glen Rock is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 11,601, reflecting an increase of 55 (+0.5%) from the 11,546 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 663 (+6.1%) from the 10,883 counted in the 1990 Census.
Glen Rock was formed on September 14, 1894, from portions of Ridgewood Township and Saddle River Township, "that being the year the county went crazy on boroughs". The borough was formed during the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone. The main impetus for the break from Ridgewood Township was the decision to have Glen Rock students attend a new school closer to the center of Ridgewood instead of their one-room schoolhouse located at the intersection of Ackerman Avenue and Rock Road.
Glen Rock was settled around a large boulder in a small valley (glen), from which it gets its name. The boulder, weighing in at 570 short tons (520 t) and located where Doremus Avenue meets Rock Road, is believed to have been carried to the site by a glacier that picked up the rock 15,000 years ago near Peekskill, New York and carried it for 20 miles (32 km) to its present location. The Lenape Native Americans called the boulder "Pamachapuka" (meaning "stone from heaven" or "stone from the sky") and used it for signal fires and as a trail marker.
The borough was the site of one of Bergen County's most serious public transportation accidents. In 1911, a trolley operator for the North Jersey Rapid Transit Company, one day away from retirement, died in a crash with an opposing trolley around the intersection of Prospect and Grove Streets that was caused by signal problems. In addition to the death of the opposing trolley operator, 12 people were injured. This crash in part hastened the demise of this transportation mode which ran from Elmwood Park, New Jersey to Suffern, New York and competed with the Erie Railroad. The right of way for this trolley line was purchased by the Public Service Enterprise Group and is still visible today.
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