Fair Lawn, New Jersey

Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Borough
Radburn Plaza
Radburn Plaza
Official seal of Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Seal
Motto(s): 
"A great place to visit and a better place to live."
Location of Fair Lawn in Bergen County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Bergen County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right).
Location of Fair Lawn in Bergen County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Bergen County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right).
Census Bureau map of Fair Lawn, New Jersey Interactive map of Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Census Bureau map of Fair Lawn, New Jersey
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Interactive map of Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Fair Lawn is located in Bergen County, New Jersey
Fair Lawn
Fair Lawn
Location in Bergen County
Fair Lawn is located in New Jersey
Fair Lawn
Fair Lawn
Location in New Jersey
Fair Lawn is located in the United States
Fair Lawn
Fair Lawn
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°56′09″N 74°07′03″W / 40.935833°N 74.117504°W / 40.935833; -74.117504[1][2]
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyBergen
IncorporatedMarch 6, 1924
Named forDavid Acker's estate, Fairlawn
Government
[7]
 • TypeFaulkner Act (council–manager)
 • BodyBorough Council
 • MayorGail Friedberg Rottenstrich (D, acting mayor for term ending December 31, 2025)[3][4]
 • ManagerKurt Peluso[5]
 • Municipal clerkNicholas Magarelli[6]
Area
[8]
 • Total
5.22 sq mi (13.53 km2)
 • Land5.13 sq mi (13.30 km2)
 • Water0.09 sq mi (0.23 km2)  1.53%
 • Rank271st of 565 in state
11th of 70 in county[1]
Elevation
[9]
69 ft (21 m)
Population
 (2020)[10][11]
 • Total
34,927
 • Estimate 
(2023)[10][12]
35,564
 • Rank68th of 565 in state
4th of 70 in county[13]
 • Density6,801.8/sq mi (2,626.2/km2)
  • Rank71st of 565 in state
21st of 70 in county[13]
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code
07410[14][15]
Area code(s)201 exchanges: 398, 475, 703, 791, 794, 796, 797[16]
FIPS code3400322470[1][17][18]
GNIS feature ID0885214[1][19]
Websitewww.fairlawn.org

Fair Lawn is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and a bedroom suburb located 12 miles (19 km) northwest of New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 34,927,[10][11] an increase of 2,470 (+7.6%) from the 2010 census count of 32,457,[20][21] which in turn reflected an increase of 820 (+2.6%) from the 31,637 counted in the 2000 census.[22]

Fair Lawn was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 6, 1924, as "Fairlawn", from portions of Saddle River Township.[23] The name was taken from Fairlawn, David Acker's estate home, that was built in 1865 and later became the Fair Lawn Municipal Building.[24][25] In 1933, the official spelling of the borough's name was split into its present two-word form as "Fair Lawn" Borough.[23]

Radburn, one of the first planned communities in the United States, is an unincorporated community located within Fair Lawn and was founded in 1929 as "a town for the motor age."[26] Fair Lawn is home to a large number of commuters to New York City, to which it is connected by train from two railroad stations on NJ Transit's Bergen County Line, the Radburn and Broadway stations.

Fair Lawn's motto is "A great place to visit and a better place to live."[27][28] Fair Lawn has been rated as one of the top 10 best places to live in New Jersey.[29]

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  2. ^ U.S. Gazetteer Files for 2000, 2010 and 2012-2016, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2017.
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  4. ^ 2023 New Jersey Mayors Directory, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, updated February 8, 2023. Accessed February 10, 2023.
  5. ^ Borough Manager, Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed March 11, 2024.
  6. ^ Municipal Clerk, Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed March 11, 2024.
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  8. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  9. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Borough of Fair Lawn, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 5, 2013.
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  13. ^ a b Population Density by County and Municipality: New Jersey, 2020 and 2021, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed March 1, 2023.
  14. ^ Look Up a ZIP Code for Fair Lawn, NJ, United States Postal Service. Accessed August 31, 2011.
  15. ^ ZIP Codes, State of New Jersey. Accessed August 15, 2013.
  16. ^ Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Fair Lawn, NJ, Area-Codes.com. Accessed October 11, 2013.
  17. ^ U.S. Census website, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.
  18. ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed April 1, 2022.
  19. ^ US Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey. Accessed September 4, 2014.
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  22. ^ Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.
  23. ^ a b Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 77. Accessed May 18, 2012.
  24. ^ Dutch Door Genealogy - Bergen County New Jersey Municipalities, accessed February 9, 2006.
  25. ^ Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 30, 2015. Name is shown as "Ackerson".
  26. ^ About Archived September 18, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Radburn Association. Accessed September 16, 2017. "Radburn, a planned community, was started in 1929 by the City Housing Corporation from the plans developed by Clarence Stein and Henry Wright."
  27. ^ "Council Meeting Minutes - October 22, 2002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 26, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  28. ^ Leggate, Jim. "Fair Lawn Ranked No. 7 in NJ For Job Seekers; Fair Lawn has received numerous accolades this year.", Fair Lawn - Saddle Brook Patch, November 19, 2013. Accessed November 1, 2014. "Fair Lawn's motto is that it's 'a great place to visit and a better place to live.'"
  29. ^ Grigson, Natalie. "The 10 Best Places To Live In New Jersey; When it comes to embodying everything the Garden State has to offer, these 10 cities do it best.", Movoto Blog. Accessed November 2, 2014.