Ho-Ho-Kus
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borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Bergen
- Incorporated
- March 8, 1905 (as Orvil)
- Reincorporated
- October 12, 1908 (as Ho-Ho-Kus)
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Thomas W. Randall ( R , term ends December 31, 2027)
- Administrator
- William J. Jones
- Municipal clerk
- Joan Herve
- Total
- 1.75 sq mi (4.53 km )
- Land
- 1.74 sq mi (4.51 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km ) 0.63%
- Rank
- 425th of 565 in state, 53rd of 70 in county
- Elevation
- 121 ft (37 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 4,232
- Density
- 2,447.9/sq mi (945.1/km )
- Demonym
- Ho-Ho-Kusite
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- borough of New Jersey
- Official name
- Ho-Ho-Kus
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Bergen County
- Population
- 4258
- Area
- 4.530163
- Elevation
- 121
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Saddle River
- Official website
- www.ho-ho-kusboro.com
- Image
- Ho-Ho-Kus Brook, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ, in autumn.jpg
- Households
- 1438
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- postal code
- 07423
- Commons category
- Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey
- inception
- 1905-03-08
- described at URL
- www.nytimes.com/2019/07/03/realestate/ho-ho-kus-nj-a-tight-knit-but-welcoming-community.html
- different from
- Mahwah
- water as percent of area
- 0.8024
- per capita income
- 95314
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Encyclopedic overview
Ho-Ho-Kus ( English pronunciation: /hoʊˈhoʊkəs/ ) is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,258, an increase of 180 (+4.4%) from the 2010 census count of 4,078, which in turn reflected an increase of 18 (+0.4%) from the 4,060 counted in the 2000 census. The borough is the home of several historical landmarks, including the Ho-Ho-Kus Inn and The Hermitage.
Ho-Ho-Kus was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on October 12, 1908, from what had originally been the borough of Orvil, which was in turn created on March 8, 1905, from portions of Orvil Township.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ho-Ho-Kus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.