| The county seat for Bergen County, New Jersey is | | | | the British who established the town of New |
| the small, bustling city of Hackensack. Nearly 43,000 | | | | Barbadoes. At one point during the Revolutionary |
| people call the 4.6 square mile city their home and, in | | | | War, General Washington had his headquarters in |
| addition to being a seat of government, it is also an | | | | Hackensack and the region was at times the |
| important retailing and business center.The region of | | | | epicenter between battling British and American |
| New Jersey that Hackensack occupies today was | | | | forces. The name Hackensack meaning -- mouth of |
| long the home of the Lenni Lenape native peoples. | | | | water -- was not officially chartered until 1921.In |
| The Achkinheshcky or Hackensack tribe populated | | | | addition to government institutions the city has |
| the area and coexisted peacefully with Dutch settlers | | | | several interesting places to visit:Main Street. If you |
| who arrived in 1639 and established a trading post | | | | like downtown shopping, then Hackensack is for you. |
| there. By 1688, the area came under the control of | | | | |