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Place Name
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Teaneck
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Pronunciation
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TEE-nek
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Place Status (Type)
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township
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Population
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37,825 (1990)
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Location
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Bergen County, New Jersey (NJ), United States, North America
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Latitude
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40°53'N
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Longitude
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74°00'W
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Teaneck
(TEE-nek), residential suburban township (1990 pop.
37,825), Bergen co., NE N.J., near the Hackensack R.; 40°53'N
74°00'W. Mfg. includes jewelry, electrical equip., food seasonings.
Teaneck developed rapidly after the construction of the George
Washington Bridge (1931), which connects N.J. with N.Y. city. Fairleigh
Dickinson Univ. has a campus here. The city has several 18th-cent.
homes. Settled in the early 1600s, inc. 1895.
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