Facts about Emerson

The official website for the city of Emerson is http://www.emersonnj.org/.

Emerson is represented by Mayor Carol Dray, Clerk Joseph Scarpa, and Administrator Louis J. Lamatina.

Emerson is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, a suburb in the New York metropolitan area. Emerson is the most southern town in an area of the county referred to as the Pascack Valley. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough’s population was 7,401, reflecting an increase of 204 (+2.8%) from the 7,197 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 267 (+3.9%) from the 6,930 counted in the 1990 Census.What is now Emerson was originally formed on April 8, 1903, from portions of Washington Township as the Borough of Etna, the name of a railroad station in the community. The name was changed to Emerson as of March 9, 1909. The name came from author Ralph Waldo Emerson.