Hawthorne
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borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Passaic
- Incorporated
- March 24, 1898
- Named after
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Type
- Faulkner Act (mayor–council)
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- John V. Lane ( R , term ends December 31, 2025)
- Administrator
- Eric Maurer
- Municipal clerk
- Lori Fernandez
- Total
- 3.35 sq mi (8.67 km )
- Land
- 3.32 sq mi (8.59 km )
- Water
- 0.031 sq mi (0.08 km ) 0.90%
- Rank
- 320th of 565 in state, 10th of 16 in county
- Elevation
- 85 ft (26 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 19,496
- Density
- 5,918.3/sq mi (2,285.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
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Encyclopedic overview
Hawthorne is a borough in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 19,637, an increase of 846 (+4.5%) from the 2010 census count of 18,791, which in turn reflected an increase of 573 (+3.1%) from the 18,218 counted in the 2000 census.
Hawthorne was established by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 24, 1898. The borough was created from parts of the now-defunct Manchester Township, which also consisted of present-day Haledon, North Haledon, Prospect Park, Totowa, and parts of Fair Lawn and Paterson. The borough was named for novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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