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The English Neighborhood was the colonial-era name for the towns in eastern Bergen County, New Jersey, along the Hudson Palisades between the Hudson River and the Hackensack River, particularly around its main tributary, Overpeck Creek.[1][2] The region had been part of the Dutch New Netherland colony of Bergen, whose main town was located at Bergen Square in modern Jersey City.[3] The name refers to the geography of the region, bergen being the Dutch word for hills. Earlier attempts at settlement at Achter Col (after (the) hill)[4][5] and Vriessendael had been compromised in conflicts with the precolonial population, bands of the Lenape known by their exonyms, the Hackensacks and the Tappans.
- ^ Gordon, Thomas Francis (1834). "A Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey: Comprehending a General View of Its Physical and Moral Condition, Together with a Topographical and Statistical Account of Its Counties, Towns, Villages, Canals, Rail Roads, &c., Accompanied by a Map".
- ^ "Bergen County Municipalities". Retrieved 2009-02-28.
- ^ "1684 survey:Seven Settled towns of East Jersey" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2009.
- ^ ""Achter Col" Colony Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
- ^ "Welcome to Bogota, New Jersey — Online". Bogotaonline.org. Retrieved 2010-02-28.