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Secaucus

Secaucus, New Jersey
Town
Town of Secaucus
Looking east to Hackensack River and Secaucus
Looking east to Hackensack River and Secaucus
Nickname(s): "The Jewel of the Meadowlands"
Location of Secaucus within Hudson County and the state of New Jersey
Location of Secaucus within Hudson County and the state of New Jersey
Census Bureau map of Secaucus, New Jersey
Census Bureau map of Secaucus, New Jersey
Coordinates: 40°46′55″N 74°04′04″W / 40.781958°N 74.067649°W / 40.781958; -74.067649Coordinates: 40°46′55″N 74°04′04″W / 40.781958°N 74.067649°W / 40.781958; -74.067649
Country  United States
State  New Jersey
County Hudson
Incorporated March 12, 1900 (as borough)
Reincorporated June 5, 1917 (as town)
Government
 • Type Town
 • Body Town Council
 • Mayor Michael J. Gonnelli (I, term ends December 31, 2017)
 • Administrator David Drumeler
 • Clerk Michael Marra
Area
 • Total 6.599 sq mi (17.090 km2)
 • Land 5.822 sq mi (15.078 km2)
 • Water 0.777 sq mi (2.012 km2)  11.77%
Area rank 248th of 566 in state
4th of 12 in county
Elevation 7 ft (2 m)
Population (2010 Census)
 • Total 16,264
 • Estimate (2015) 19,104
 • Rank 155th of 566 in state
8th of 12 in county
 • Density 2,793.7/sq mi (1,078.7/km2)
 • Density rank 226th of 566 in state
12th of 12 in county
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 07094, 07096
Area code(s) 201
FIPS code 3401766570
GNIS feature ID 0885392
Website www.secaucusnj.gov

Secaucus (/ˈskɔːkəs/ SEE-kaw-kus) is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 16,264, reflecting an increase of 333 (+2.1%) from the 15,931 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,870 (+13.3%) from the 14,061 counted in the 1990 Census.

Located within the New Jersey Meadowlands, it is the most suburban of the county's municipalities, though large parts of the town are dedicated to light manufacturing, retail, and transportation uses, as well as protected areas.

Secaucus is a derivation of the Algonquian words for "black" (seke or sukit) and "snake" (achgook), or "place of snakes", or sekakes, referring to snakes.

Sikakes, once an island, was part of the territory purchased by Director-General of New Netherland, Peter Stuyvesant in 1658. The territory was part of what is considered to be the oldest municipality in the state of New Jersey which was first chartered in 1660 as Bergen in the province of New Netherland and, in 1683, became Bergen Township.


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