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Hackensack map c. 1896. The earliest known inhabitants of the area were the Lenni Lenape, an Algonquian people who became known to settlers as 'the Delaware Indians.' They lived along a river they called Achinigeu-hach, or "Ackingsah-sack", which translates to stony ground—today this river is more commonly known by the name 'the Hackensack River.' [29] A representation of Chief Oratam of the ...
New Hackensack is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Wappinger in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. [2] New Hackensack is in western Dutchess County, in the northeastern section of Wappinger.
Hackensack, Minnesota, U.S. Hackensack River, in New York and New Jersey, U.S. Hackensack Township, New Jersey, a former township in Bergen County, New Jersey; Hackensack University Medical Center, a highly specialized tertiary-care hospital in Hackensack, New Jersey
The Joseph Horton House is an historic structure located in New Hackensack, New York. Once part of a larger 250-acre (100 ha) farm, the farmhouse was built between 1725 and 1752. In 1840, the farm was divided, leaving the house on a 100-acre (40 ha) parcel, and it became known as "Old Hundred". Only a 2 acres (0.81 ha) lot remains intact.
The Hackensack has only been channelized to Milepoint 3.5 at the Riverbend in Hudson County. [10] [13] The accumulation of silt has diminished the depth, and thus navigability, of the Lower Hackensack. [14] which at one time was a major waterway for towboats and river barges in the Port of New York and New Jersey. [15]
South Hackensack is a township in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 2,701, [9] an increase of 323 (+13.6%) from the 2010 census count of 2,378, [18] [19] which in turn reflected an increase of 129 (+5.7%) from the 2,249 counted in the 2000 census.
A New York City map that displays the terminus of various railroads, including the NYS&W at Edgewater, circa 1900. In 1880, investors from the original NJM regrouped and reorganized the company as the Midland Railroad of New Jersey, with Hobart serving as their president, and the company regained their finances by serving New Jersey industrial firms. [2]
Hackensack territory shown in relation to other groups. The territory of the Hackensack was variously called Ack-kinkas-hacky, Achkinhenhcky, Achinigeu-hach, Ackingsah-sack, among other spellings (translated as "place of stony ground" [1] or "mouth of a river") and included the areas around the Upper New York Bay, Newark Bay, Bergen Neck, the Meadowlands, and the Palisades.