Tag: Fort Lee
Fort Lee is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, in the New York City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 35,345, reflecting a decline of 116 (-0.3%) from the 35,461 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 3,464 (+10.8%) from the 31,997 counted in the 1990 Census. Located atop the Hudson Palisades, the borough is the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge, located across the Hudson River from the Manhattan borough of New York City. Named for the site of an early American Revolutionary War military encampment, it later became the birthplace of the American film industry.
Fort Lee is located at 40°51′02″N 73°58′16″W / 40.85064°N 73.971007°W / 40.85064; -73.971007 (40.85064,-73.971007). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 2.888 square miles (7.478 km), of which, 2.541 square miles (6.581 km) of it is land and 0.347 square miles (0.898 km) of it (12.00…
