West View, New Jersey

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West View, New Jersey
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West View, New Jersey
Location of West View in Bergen County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
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Coordinates: 40°51′54″N74°01′40″W / 40.86500°N 74.02778°W / 40.86500; -74.02778
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
County Bergen
Borough Ridgefield Park
Elevation
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46 ft (14 m)
Time zone UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC−04:00 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID881734 [1]

West View is an unincorporated community located within Ridgefield Park in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2] [3] [4] [5] It was a stop on the West Shore Railroad.

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References

  1. 1 2 "West View". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Google (March 7, 2015). "West View, Bergen County, New Jersey" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  3. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  4. "Westview Hose Company Number Three | Village of Ridgefield Park NJ". www.ridgefieldpark.org.
  5. Brown, T. Robins; Warmflash, Schuyler (January 31, 2000). "The Architecture of Bergen County, New Jersey: The Colonial Period to the Twentieth Century". Rutgers University Press via Google Books.