The Pascack Valley is the name for a region of
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...
, United States, contained within
Bergen County
Bergen County is the List of counties in New Jersey, most populous County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[Pascack Brook
Pascack Brook is a tributary of the Hackensack River in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
History
At least one late 18th-century map calls the brook "Great Pascack River." Its tributary Musquapsink Brook is shown as "Little Pascack Rive ...]
. The region consists of eight municipalities:
Montvale,
Park Ridge,
Woodcliff Lake,
Hillsdale,
Westwood,
River Vale,
Washington Township, and
Emerson.
The neighboring municipalities of
Old Tappan and
Oradell are sometimes considered to be part of the Pascack Valley, as both boroughs are included in the Greater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Entities named after the valley
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Pascack Valley Regional High School District serving students from Hillsdale, Montvale, River Vale and Woodcliff Lake. It operates two schools:
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Pascack Valley High School
Pascack Valley High School (PVHS) is a four-year comprehensive high school, comprehensive regional state school, public Secondary education in the United States, high school located in Hillsdale, New Jersey, Hillsdale in Bergen County, New Jerse ...
, Hillsdale
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Pascack Hills High School
Pascack Hills High School (PHHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school, one of two secondary schools serving students in ninth through twelfth grade as part of the Pascack Valley Regional High School District in Bergen County, in the ...
, Montvale
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Pascack Valley Line
The Pascack Valley Line is a commuter rail line operated by the Hoboken Division of New Jersey Transit, in the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York. The line runs north from Hoboken Terminal, through Hudson and Bergen counties in New Jerse ...
, operated by
New Jersey Transit
New Jersey Transit Corporation, branded as NJ Transit or NJTransit and often shortened to NJT, is a state-owned public transportation system that serves the U.S. state of New Jersey and portions of the states of New York and Pennsylvania. It ...
, offers service to
Hoboken, New Jersey
Hoboken ( ; ) is a City (New Jersey), city in Hudson County, New Jersey, Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Hoboken is part of the New York metropolitan area and is the site of Hoboken Terminal, a major transportation hub. As of the ...
, and to New York City via the
Secaucus Junction
Secaucus Junction (signed as Secaucus) is an intermodal transit hub served by New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) and Metro-North Railroad in Secaucus, New Jersey, Secaucus, New Jersey. It is one of the List of b ...
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Pascack Valley Hospital, former hospital in Westwood, now re-opened as the Hackensack University Medical Center at Pascack Valley
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Hackensack University Medical Center at Pascack Valley, Westwood
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Pascack Valley Community Life', weekly newspaper
Greater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce websitePascack Historical Society, Park Ridge
See also
* ''The Pascack Valley Line: A History of the New Jersey and New York Railroad''
References
External links
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ttps://archive.today/20010425032049/http://206.20.4.4/communities/pascack.htm Overview of Pascack Valley TownsPascack Valley Line HistoryPascack Valley Regional High School DistrictGreater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce websitePascack Historical Society
Geography of Bergen County, New Jersey
Regions of New Jersey
Valleys of New Jersey
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