In April 1909, Westwood was enlarged through the annexation of the "Old Hook" section of the borough of Emerson, and on September 24, 1957, portions of the borough were exchanged with Emerson. Bogert served as the first mayor of the borough. Westwood was officially incorporated as a borough on May 8, 1894, from portions of Washington Township, early during the " Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 11,282, an increase of 374 (+3.4%) from the 2010 census count of 10,908, which in turn reflected a decline of 91 (−0.8%) from the 10,999 counted in the 2000 census. Many of its residents regularly commute to New York City for work and leisure, many using public transportation. Westwood is part of the New York metropolitan area. ![]() Westwood (known as "The Hub of the Pascack Valley" ) is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S.
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