Little Ferry, New Jersey
| Little Ferry, New Jersey | |
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| Borough | |
| Borough of Little Ferry | |
361 Main Street following the 1937 Fox vault fire
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 Map highlighting Little Ferry's location within Bergen County. Inset: Bergen County's location within New Jersey |
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 Census Bureau map of Little Ferry, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°50′40″N 74°02′10″W / 40.844332°N 74.036164°WCoordinates: 40°50′40″N 74°02′10″W / 40.844332°N 74.036164°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Bergen |
| Incorporated | September 18, 1894 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Mauro D. Raguseo (D, term ends December 31, 2019) |
| • Administrator | Paula Cozzarelli |
| • Clerk | Barbara Maldonado |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.703 sq mi (4.409 km2) |
| • Land | 1.476 sq mi (3.822 km2) |
| • Water | 0.227 sq mi (0.587 km2) 13.31% |
| Area rank | 431st of 566 in state 54th of 70 in county |
| Elevation | 3 ft (0.9 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 10,626 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 10,963 |
| • Rank | 230th of 566 in state 34th of 70 in county |
| • Density | 7,200.1/sq mi (2,780.0/km2) |
| • Density rank | 57th of 566 in state 17th of 70 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 07643 |
| Area code(s) | 201 |
| FIPS code | 3400340680 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885281 |
| Website | www |
Little Ferry is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 10,626, reflecting a decline of 174 (-1.6%) from the 10,800 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 811 (+8.1%) from the 9,989 counted in the 1990 Census.
Little Ferry was formed by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on September 18, 1894, from portions of Lodi Township and New Barbadoes Township, based on the results of a referendum held two days earlier. 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.
During the colonial era, the borough was the site of an important ferry crossing between the region's towns at Bergen and Hackensack, which was operated by rope on the site starting in 1659, continuing until 1826 when it was replaced by a bridge on the Bergen Turnpike.
Gethsemane Cemetery, an African burial ground, was opened in 1860 and was used for interments until 1924. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
Rosie's Diner (formerly the Farmland Diner) was used in the 1970s for the filming of Bounty paper towel commercials featuring Nancy Walker as Rosie the Waitress.
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Little Ferry 35th in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.
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