Bergen County Courthouse (Historic Site)

Hackensack has served as the county seat of Bergen County since the colonial period, and the courthouse has been the center of governmental authority throughout. During the Revolution, the courthouse and its surroundings were the administrative hub of the patriot government in Bergen County. The Committee of Safety met here, militia officers received their commissions, and Loyalist suspects were examined and tried. The courthouse represented the legitimacy of the patriot cause — an assertion that the revolutionary government, not the British Crown, held lawful authority in Bergen County.

The current courthouse complex is a modern facility, but it occupies the same general area where colonial-era governance was conducted. The continuity of governmental function on this site connects present-day Hackensack to its Revolutionary origins.