Hackensack

Hackensack is a New Jersey historical marker in Bergen County, dedicated 1932.

Bergen County · dedicated 1932 · Entering Hackensack from Paterson along Essex Street right had side - opposite pole 60832HS - just before reaching intersection · location approximate

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Gen. Enoch Poor died here from a wound received in a duel with a French officer and was buried in the grounds of the old Dutch Church in Hackensack. Washington attended his funeral here September 10, 1780.

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Hackensack

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