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Hackensack was the exonym given by the Dutch colonists to a band of the Lenape, or Lenni-Lenape ("original men"), a Native American tribe. The name is a Dutch derivation of the Lenape word for what is now the region of northeastern New Jersey along the Hudson and Hackensack rivers. While the Lenape people occupied much of the mid-Atlantic area ...
The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Hackensack, New Jersey. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
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 ...
Oratam (or Oritani/Oratamin) [1] was sagamore, or sachem, of the Hackensack Indians living in northeastern New Jersey during the period of early European colonization in the 17th century. Documentation shows that he lived an unusually long life (almost 90 years) and was quite influential among indigenous and immigrant populations.
Adam Boyd (1746–1835) represented New Jersey in Congress from 1803 to 1805, and again from 1808 to 1813. [8] George Cassedy (1783–1842), represented New Jersey in Congress from 1821 to 1827. [9] Enoch Poor (1736–1780), one of George Washington’s officers. [10]
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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, [8] an increase of 323 (+13.6%) from the 2010 census count of 2,378, [17] [18] which in turn reflected an increase of 129 (+5.7%) from the 2,249 counted in the 2000 census.
Hackensack Township was a township that was formed in 1693 within Bergen County, New Jersey. The township was created by the New Jersey Legislature as one of the first group of townships in New Jersey. Bergen County, which had been created in 1682, was thus split into two parts: Hackensack Township to the north, and Bergen Township to the south.