Fort Lee, New Jersey
Fort Lee is a borough at the eastern border of Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, situated along the Hudson River atop The Palisades.
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Fort Lee, New Jersey, in the foreground, connected by the George Washington Bridge to Upper Manhattan, New York City, across the Hudson River, in the background (2014) | |
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Location of Fort Lee in Bergen County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Bergen County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right). | |
Census Bureau map of Fort Lee, New Jersey
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| Coordinates: 40.85064°N 73.971007°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Bergen |
| Incorporated | March 29, 1904 |
| Named for | Fort Lee / General Charles Lee |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Mark Sokolich (D, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator | Alfred R. Restaino |
| • Municipal clerk | Evelyn Rosario |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.86 sq mi (7.41 km2) |
| • Land | 2.52 sq mi (6.52 km2) |
| • Water | 0.34 sq mi (0.89 km2) 12.33% |
| • Rank | 344th of 565 in state 30th of 70 in county |
| Elevation | 289 ft (88 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 40,191 |
| • Estimate (2022) | 39,688 |
| • Rank | 59th of 565 in state 3rd of 70 in county |
| • Density | 15,961.5/sq mi (6,162.8/km2) |
| • Rank | 16th of 565 in state 4th of 70 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 07024 |
| Area code(s) | 201 |
| FIPS code | 3400324420 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885223 |
| Website | www |
As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 40,191, an increase of 4,846 (+13.7%) from the 2010 census count of 35,345, which in turn reflected a decline of 116 (−0.3%) from the 35,461 counted in the 2000 census. Along with other communities in Bergen County, it is one of the largest and fastest-growing ethnic Korean enclaves outside of Korea.
Fort Lee is named for the site of an American Revolutionary War military encampment. At the turn of the 20th century it became the birthplace of the American film industry. In 1931, the borough became the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge, which crosses the Hudson River and connects to the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Fort Lee's population and housing density increased considerably during the 1960s and 1970s with the construction of highrise apartment buildings.