Hackensack, city, seat of Bergen County, northeastern New Jersey, a residential and commercial suburb of New York City, on the Hackensack River; settled by the Dutch 1647, incorporated as a city 1921. Attractions include a house (1739) once owned by General Friedrich von Steuben and a restored World War II submarine. A township was created here by the British in 1693 and called New Barbadoes until 1921, when it was officially changed to the popularly used Hackensack (probably derived from the name of a Delaware tribal group). Population 36,039 (1980); 37,049 (1990); 42,677 (2000).
