Secaucus, New Jersey

"Secaucus" redirects here. For other uses, see Secaucus (disambiguation).

Secaucus, New Jersey
Town
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Nickname:  "The Jewel of the Meadowlands"
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Coordinates: 40.781958°N 74.067649°W / 40.781958; -74.067649
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Hudson
Incorporated	March 12, 1900 (as borough)
Reincorporated	June 5, 1917 (as town)
Government
• Type	Town
• Body	Town Council
• Mayor	Michael J. Gonnelli (I, term ends December 31, 2029)
• Administrator	Gary M. Jeffas
• Municipal clerk	Michael Marra
Area
• Total	6.54 sq mi (16.95 km2)
• Land	5.83 sq mi (15.09 km2)
• Water	0.72 sq mi (1.86 km2)  10.96%
• Rank	248th of 565 in state 4th of 12 in county
Elevation	7 ft (2.1 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	22,181
• Estimate  (2023)	21,005
• Rank	126th of 565 in state 8th of 12 in county
• Density	3,807.2/sq mi (1,470.0/km2)
• Rank	171st of 565 in state 12th of 12 in county
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Codes	07094, 07096
Area code	201
FIPS code	3401766570
GNIS feature ID	0885392
Website	secaucusnj.gov

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Secaucus (/ˈsiːkɔːkəs/ SEE-kaw-kəs) is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 22,181, an increase of 5,917 (+36.4%) from the 2010 census count of 16,264, which in turn reflected an increase of 333 (+2.1%) from the 15,931 counted in the 2000 census.

Located within the New Jersey Meadowlands, it is the most suburban of the county's municipalities, though large parts of the town are dedicated to light manufacturing, retail, and transportation uses, as well as protected areas.

Secaucus is a derivation of the Algonquian words for "black" (seke or sukit) and "snake" (achgook; perhaps something like /axkuk/), or "place of snakes", or from sekakes, referring to snakes.