Wallington, New Jersey
Wallington, New Jersey | |
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Police Station/Courthouse | |
Location of Wallington in Bergen County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Bergen County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right). | |
Census Bureau map of Wallington, New Jersey | |
Location in Bergen County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°51′11″N 74°06′23″W / 40.853084°N 74.106323°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Bergen |
| Incorporated | December 31, 1894 |
| Named after | Walling Van Winkle |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Melissa Dabal (R, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator | Michael Kazimir |
| • Municipal clerk | Ace Antonio (acting) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.05 sq mi (2.71 km2) |
| • Land | 0.99 sq mi (2.57 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.14 km2) 5.05% |
| • Rank | 496th of 565 in state 64th of 70 in county |
| Elevation | 20 ft (6 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 11,868 |
• Estimate (2023) | 11,825 |
| • Rank | 213th of 565 in state 31st of 70 in county |
| • Density | 11,939.6/sq mi (4,609.9/km2) |
| • Rank | 26th of 565 in state 7th of 70 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 07057 |
| Area code(s) | 201 and 973 |
| FIPS code | 3400376490 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885430 |
| Website | www |
Wallington 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 11,868, an increase of 533 (+4.7%) from the 2010 census count of 11,335, which in turn reflected a decline of 248 (−2.1%) from the 11,583 counted in the 2000 census.
Wallington was created as a borough on January 2, 1895, based on a referendum held on December 31, 1894, from area taken from Bergen Township and Saddle River Township. The borough was formed during the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through New Jersey, in which 26 boroughs were formed in Bergen County alone in 1894, with Wallington the last of the 26 to be formed by an 1894 referendum. Sections of Wallington were ceded to Garfield in 1898. The borough is said to have been named for Walling Van Winkle (1650–1725), who built a home in the future borough. In the early 1900s Wallington was advertised as a "Slovak colony" for Slovak migrants living in urban areas to find suburban real estate.