THE RIDGEFIELD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Hackensack Meadowlands setting.
Ridgefield borough has 2.54 square miles of land in Bergen County. Its Census reference point is in Hackensack Meadowlands, within Northern Piedmont.
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Regional context: Northern Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Ridgefield and Bergen County
Ridgefield is associated with Bergen County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Ridgefield by land and water
The Census records 0.33 square miles of water within Ridgefield, or 11.4% of its total area. It is 5.9 percentage points higher than the 5.5% recorded for Bergen County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Ridgefield borough has 3 times the land area of nearby Fairview borough (0.84 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

