Secaucus, New Jersey
| Secaucus, New Jersey | |
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| Town | |
| Town of Secaucus | |
Looking east to Hackensack River and Secaucus
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| Nickname(s): "The Jewel of the Meadowlands" | |
 Location of Secaucus within Hudson County and the state of New Jersey |
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 Census Bureau map of Secaucus, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°46′55″N 74°04′04″W / 40.781958°N 74.067649°WCoordinates: 40°46′55″N 74°04′04″W / 40.781958°N 74.067649°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| 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 |
Secaucus (/ˈsiːkɔːkəs/ 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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