Moonachie, New Jersey
Moonachie, New Jersey | |
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Center of Moonachie along CR 503 (Moonachie Road); the municipal building is in the background on the right | |
Location of Moonachie in Bergen County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Bergen County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right). | |
Census Bureau map of Moonachie, New Jersey | |
Location in Bergen County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°50′29″N 74°03′28″W / 40.841334°N 74.057671°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Bergen |
| Incorporated | May 3, 1910 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Dennis Vaccaro (D, term ends December 31, 2026) |
| • Administrator | Anthony Ciannamea |
| • Municipal clerk | Supriya Sanyal |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.74 sq mi (4.51 km2) |
| • Land | 1.73 sq mi (4.48 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) 0.69% |
| • Rank | 427th of 565 in state 54th of 70 in county |
| Elevation | 3 ft (0.9 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,133 |
• Estimate (2023) | 3,108 |
| • Rank | 444th of 565 in state 66th of 70 in county |
| • Density | 1,810.9/sq mi (699.2/km2) |
| • Rank | 308th of 565 in state 59th of 70 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 07074 |
| Area code(s) | 201 |
| FIPS code | 3400347700 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885307 |
| Website | www |
Moonachie (/muːˈnɑːki/ moo-NAH-kee) is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, in the Hackensack River watershed. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,133, an increase of 425 (+15.7%) from the 2010 census count of 2,708, which in turn reflected a decline of 46 (−1.7%) from the 2,754 counted in the 2000 census.
Tradition is that the borough was named after Monaghie, an Iroquois chief who inhabited the local cedar forests in the 1600s. Moonachie was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 11, 1910, from portions of Lodi Township, based on the results of a referendum held on May 3, 1910. On March 26, 1917, portions of Moonachie were taken to form Teterboro.
The name of the borough is pronounced "moo-NAH-kee"; however, in January 1987, then-mayor of New York City Ed Koch pronounced it "mah-NOO-chee" when he made his now-famous quip that the New York Giants should hold their victory parade in the borough after the team had just won Super Bowl XXI. Koch had refused to grant the Giants permission to hold a parade within the city limits because the team plays its home games in New Jersey, not in New York City.