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Secaucus is a
town in
Hudson County,
New Jersey,
USA. As of the
United States 2000 Census, the town population was 15,931. The town's name is pronounced "SEE-kaw-cus", with the accent on the first syllable, not the second as often used by non-natives.
Secaucus was originally formed as a
borough by an Act of the
New Jersey Legislature on
March 12,
1900, from portions of
North Bergen. On
June 7,
1900, Secaucus was incorporated as a town, replacing Secaucus borough, based on the results of a referendum held on
June 5,
1917.
Before the 1950s, Secaucus was home to a number of
pig farms,
rendering plants, and junk yards, which gave the town a reputation for being one of the most odorous in the
New York metropolitan area. In 1963, debris from the demolition of
Pennsylvania Station was carted over and dumped in the Secaucus Meadowlands. In later decades Secaucus became more a
commuter town. Today it's the most
suburban town in Hudson County.
Geography
Secaucus is located at (40.787600, -74.061784).
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 6.5
square miles (16.9
km²), of which, 5.9 square miles (15.3 km²) of it's land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²) of it (9.66%) is water.
At the southern end of Secaucus is
Snake Hill (sometimes known as Laurel Hill), an
igneous rock intrusion jutting up some 150 feet from the
Meadowlands below, near the
New Jersey Turnpike.
Being partly surrounded by the
Hackensack Meadowlands, Secaucus provides opportunities to observe the recovery of natural marshes in the town's post industrial, post agricultural age. Some marsh areas in the northeast part of town have been filled to provide a new commercial area, and some to build footpaths for nature walks with signs illustrating birds and other wildlife to be seen there.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 15,931 people, 6,214 households, and 3,945 families residing in the town. The
population density was 2,706.7 people per square mile (1,044.3/km²). There were 6,385 housing units at an average density of 1,084.8/sq mi (418.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 78.54%
White, 4.45%
African American, 0.11%
Native American, 11.80%
Asian, 0.04%
Pacific Islander, 2.79% from
other races, and 2.26% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 12.26% of the population.
There were 6,214 households out of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.2% were
married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.5% were non-families. 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.08.
In the town the population was spread out with 19.2% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 97.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.2 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $59,800, and the median income for a family was $72,568. Males had a median income of $49,937 versus $39,370 for females. The
per capita income for the town was $31,684. About 3.9% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 6.4% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over.
Government
Local government
The
Mayor of the Town of Secaucus is Dennis Elwell. The
Deputy Mayor is John Reilly. Other members of the Secaucus Town Council are John Bueckner, Fred Constantino, Michael Grecco, Richard Kane and Robert Kickey.
Federal, state and county representation
Secaucus is in the Ninth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 32nd Legislative District.
Education
Students in pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade are educated by the
Secaucus Board of Education. The schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the
National Center for Education Statistics) consist of two pre-K - 6 elementary schools —
Clarendon Elementary School
with 566 students and
Huber Street Elementary School with 498 students —
Secaucus Middle School with 324 students in grades 7 and 8, and
Secaucus High School with 536 students in grades 9 - 12.
Immaculate Conception School is a
Catholic private day school, serving grades Pre-K through 8th grade.
The
Nicholas G. Hayek Watchmaking School is also located in Secaucus.
Sports
Secaucus is currently home to men's soccer team
Secaucus FC. Founded in 2001 by some of the first generation of soccer players from the town, Secaucus FC now represents the town in the
Garden State Soccer League, and several other tournaments and indoor leagues around the state. The team is the first ever men's soccer team to come out of Secaucus.
For the first four seasons of the league, Secaucus was the headquarters of
Major League Lacrosse. The headquarters have since moved to
Boston, Massachusetts.
Secaucus NJ is located 10 minutes away from Giant's Stadium, Meadowlands Racetrack, the IZOD Center (formerly the Continental Airlines Arena), 15 minutes away from the Prudential Center in Newark NJ, 20 minutes away from Madison Square Garden and 40 minutes away from both Yankee & Shea Stadiums during great traffic conditions.
Transportation
Secaucus has exceptionally good road and rail transportation. The town is divided into four by the intersecting roads of
NJ 3, which runs east and west, and the eastern spur of the
New Jersey Turnpike (part of
Interstate 95), which runs north-south, with an interchange (16E/17) at NJ Route 3 and a new interchange 15X, near the Secaucus Junction Station, which opened in late 2005.
Because of this, many shipping warehouses and truck freight transfer stations are located in Secaucus, both for shipping companies such as
UPS and for numerous retailers. For example,
Barnes & Noble's "same day delivery" service to
Manhattan is run out of a warehouse in Secaucus. The town also has a large rail yard run by
Conrail/
CSX/
Norfolk Southern where loads are switched between trains or transferred to or from trucks.
Secaucus is also the site of
New Jersey Transit's
Secaucus Junction (also known as the Frank R. Lautenberg Station, and sometimes known as Secaucus Transfer Station or Allied Junction. Currently there's no track
junction, although one is planned for the future). The transfer station links all of NJT's long-distance train lines except the
Raritan Valley Line and the
Atlantic City Line. Access to the station from the rest of Secaucus is limited (it is in the southeast corner of Secaucus), via County Avenue or via NJ Turnpike Interchange 15X.
Numerous New Jersey Transit bus lines serve Secaucus, including the
124,
129,
190 and
320 buses to the
Port Authority Bus Terminal in
Midtown Manhattan, the
78 to
Newark, the
2 and
85 to
Jersey City and local service provided on the
772 route. There is a bus
park-and-ride at the northeast corner of Secaucus.
In the first half of the 20th Century a trolley line ran through the then main business district of Secaucus, on
Paterson Plank Road from
Jersey City and across the
Hackensack River to
East Rutherford. The extent to which the
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail will resurrect this service is undecided.
The closest airport with scheduled passenger service is
Newark Liberty International Airport in
Newark /
Elizabeth.
There are three taxicab services located within the town of Secaucus. Each taxicab service is licensed and inspected by the Secaucus Chief of Police and each individual driver of these licensed services undergo fingerprinting, motor vehicle record check and a complete background check each year.
Retail hub
There are several large retail areas in Secaucus.
Secaucus Plaza is the "downtown" area of Secaucus. It is just off of NJ-3. The Outlets are a collection of outlet shops selling discounted name-brand merchandise in southwest Secaucus.
Many factory retail outlets are scattered throughout the Harmon Cove industrial section, often located in warehouses or converted factories. Harmon Cove Outlet Center is the largest outlet mall, on Enterprise Avenue.
Harmon Cove Outlet Center stores
Reebox
Carter's
The Children's Place
East West Bridal
Perry Ellis
Lenox Factory Outlet
Secaucus Outlets stores
Liz Clairborne
Anne Klein
Gucci
Nine West
Kenneth Cole Shoes
The
Mill Creek Mall (officially, the Mall at Mill Creek) is a moderate-level mall on NJ-3 on the west side of the Turnpike. It's currently under renovation. The
Kohl's and
Stop and Shop anchor stores are still open.
Wal-Mart and
Sam's Club are located east of the NJ Turnpike, near NJ 3 and Interchange 16E.
Best Buy, Ashley Furniture, Home Depot and Daffy's are located on Paterson Plank Rd in Secaucus NJ off Interchange 16W.
Linen's n Things and Pier 1 are now open at
Harmon Meadow Plaza.
Corporate residents
- My Network TV's flagship station WWOR-TV and NBA TV are headquartered in Secaucus, as is Red Bull New York of Major League Soccer.
- Goya Foods, purveyor of the famous brand of foods sold in many Latin American countries and in the United States, is headquartered in Secaucus.
- The National Basketball Association holds its annual draft lottery in Secaucus. NBA TV is produced from studios in Secaucus.
- The Japanese consumer electronics giant, Panasonic Corporation of North America, has had its headquarters at One Panasonic Way in Secaucus since sometime in the 1980s.
- Newegg, a computer hardware dealer, has a warehouse in Secaucus.
- Secaucus is home to many datacenters including XO Communications (formally an Allegiance Telecom facility), InterServer, Inc, and Datek (now owned by Ameritrade) located on Meadowlands Parkway, AT&T located on Enterprise Avenue, and Equinix located Hartz Way.
Notable residents
Notable current and former residents include:
Dave Draper, bodybuilder.
Henry B. Krajewski, pig farmer and frequent political candidate.
Pop culture references
Secaucus was mentioned by the Beastie Boys on their first two singles, "Rock Hard" and "The New Style", on Def Jam Records in the mid 1980s.
Secaucus was frequently derided by various characters in the television sitcom, Will and Grace.
Secaucus is mentioned as the place of origin of Clare Raymond, a 20th century woman thawed after being cryogenically frozen for four centuries in "The Neutral Zone", the first season finale of, which aired on May 16, 1988.
Some scenes of the film Boiler Room were shot at 150 Meadowlands Parkway.
A scene in I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano episode of The Sopranos was filmed on Meadowlands Parkway near Route 3.
Indie-rock band The Wrens recorded their album Secaucus in Secaucus.
In a scene in Goodfellas, when Tommy (Joe Pesci) tells a story about how he got in a fight with a cop in an interrogation room, he mentions that the cop picked him up when he was laying down in the weeds in Secaucus.
The John Sayles film Return of the Secaucus 7 is said to be the inspiration for the film The Big Chill.
Bruce Springsteen's 1984 video "Glory Days" was shot in Secaucus, and other locations in NJ including Maxwell's in Hoboken.Further Information
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