Bergen County, New Jersey Municipalities

County Seat: Hackensack

In the last decades of the 19th century, Bergen County, to a far greater extent than any other county in the state, began dividing its townships up into incorporated boroughs; this was chiefly due to the "boroughitis" phenomenon, triggered by a number of loopholes in state laws that allowed boroughs to levy lower taxes and send more members to the county's board of freeholders. There was a 10-year period in which many of Bergen County's townships disappeared into the patchwork of boroughs that exist today, before the state laws governing municipal incorporation were changed.

Allendale (Borough)
Alpine (Borough)
Bergenfield (Borough)
Bogota (Borough)
Carlstadt (Borough)
Cliffside Park (Borough)
Closter (Borough)
Cresskill (Borough)
Demarest (Borough)
Dumont (Borough)
East Rutherford (Borough)
Edgewater (Borough)
Elmwood Park (Borough)
Emerson (Borough)
Englewood (City)
Englewood Cliffs (Borough)
Fair Lawn (Borough)
Fairview (Borough)
Fort Lee (Borough)
Franklin Lakes (Borough)
Garfield (City)
Glen Rock (Borough)
Hackensack (City)
Harrington Park (Borough)
Hasbrouck Heights (Borough)
Haworth (Borough)
Hillsdale (Borough)
Ho-Ho-Kus (Borough)
Leonia (Borough)
Little Ferry (Borough)
Lodi (Borough)
Lyndhurst (Township)
Mahwah (Township)
Maywood (Borough)
Midland Park (Borough)
Montvale (Borough)
Moonachie (Borough)
New Milford (Borough)
North Arlington (Borough)
Northvale (Borough)
Norwood (Borough)
Oakland (Borough)
Old Tappan (Borough)
Oradell (Borough)
Palisades Park (Borough)
Paramus (Borough)
Park Ridge (Borough)
Ramsey (Borough)
Ridgefield (Borough)
Ridgefield Park (Village)
Ridgewood (Village)
River Edge (Borough)
River Vale (Township)
Rochelle Park (Township)
Rockleigh (Borough)
Rutherford (Borough)
Saddle Brook (Township)
Saddle River (Borough)
South Hackensack (Township)
Teaneck (Township)
Tenafly (Borough)
Teterboro (Borough)
Upper Saddle River (Borough)
Waldwick (Borough)
Wallington (Borough)
Washington Township (Township)
Westwood (Borough)
Woodcliff Lake (Borough)
Wood-Ridge (Borough)
Wyckoff (Township)

Historical municipalities

Over the history of the county, there have been various municipality secessions, annexations, and renamings. The following is a partial list of former municipalities.

Bergen Township, 1683–1862
Bergen Township, 1893–1902
Boiling Springs Township, 1885
Eastwood Borough, 1894–1896
Englewood Township, 1871–1899
Franklin Township, 1771–1926
Hackensack Township, 1693
Harrington Township, 1775–1916
Hohokus Township, 1849
Lodi Township, 1825–1935
Midland Township, 1871
New Barbadoes Township, 1710–1921
Orvil Township, 1886–1919
Overpeck Township, 1897–1938
Palisades Township, 1871–1922
Ridgefield Township, 1871
Ridgewood Township, 1876
Saddle River Township, 1716–1955
Union Township, 1852