Saddle Brook was among the initial group of 104 municipalities formally incorporated under the Township Act of 1798.

[26][27][28] Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Coalberg and Passaic Junction[citation needed].

[40][41] Among those resident who reported their ancestry in the 2000 census, the most common were Italian (35.7%), Irish (15.7%), Polish (13.1%) and German (11.0%).

[40][41] Saddle Brook operates within the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the Mayor-Council system of municipal government (Plan 2), implemented by direct petition as of January 1, 1991,[47] after voters approved a referendum supporting the change in June 1990.

[6][50] As of 2024[update], the Mayor of Saddle Brook is Democrat Robert D. White, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026.

Members of the Township Council are Todd J. Accomando (D, 2026), Andrew M. Cimiluca (D, 2024), David Gierek (D, 2024), Florence Mazzer (D, 2024) and Sarah A. Sanchez (D, 2026).

[3][51][52][53][54] In June 2017, David Gierek was chosen to fill the seat expiring in December 2020 that had been held by Joseph Camilleri until he resigned from office under the terms of an anti-nepotism ordinance, after his son was under consideration for hire by the township as a police officer; Gierek served on an interim basis until the November 2017 general election, when voters elected Gierek to serve the balance of the term of office.

[57][58][59] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 9th congressional district is represented by Nellie Pou (D, North Haledon)[60] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027) and Andy Kim (Moorestown, term ends 2031).

[61] For the 2024-2025 session, the 38th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Joseph Lagana (D, Paramus) and in the General Assembly by Lisa Swain (D, Fair Lawn) and Chris Tully (D, Bergenfield).

As of 2025[update], the county executive is James J. Tedesco III (D, Paramus), whose four-year term of office ends December 31, 2026.

[63] Bergen County's Commissioners are: Thomas J. Sullivan Jr. (D, Montvale, 2025),[64] Chair Germaine M. Ortiz (D, Emerson, 2025),[65] Joan Voss (D, Fort Lee, 2026),[66] Vice Chair Mary J. Amoroso (D, Mahwah, 2025),[67] Rafael Marte (D, Bergenfield, 2026),[68] Steven A. Tanelli (D, North Arlington, 2027)[69] and Tracy Silna Zur (D, Franklin Lakes, 2027).

[70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77] Bergen County's constitutional officials are: Clerk John S. Hogan (D, Northvale, 2026),[78][79] Sheriff Anthony Cureton (D, Englewood, 2027)[80][81] and Surrogate Michael R. Dressler (D, Cresskill, 2026).

[91] Among the township's 2010 Census population, 61.3% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 76.8% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide).

[101] The Saddle Brook Public Schools serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.

[116] Interstate 80 heads east through Saddle Brook for 1.6 miles (2.6 km) from Elmwood Park to Lodi.

[117] U.S. Route 46 clips the township's southwest corner, heading southeast for 0.6 miles (0.97 km) from Garfield to Lodi on Saddle Brook's southern border.

This station, called SBC-TV, was created after Hurricane Floyd hit Saddle Brook in September 1999 so the town would have a system for emergency alerts.

Acquired by the Lakewood Cemetery Association in 1906, the 105-acre (42 ha) property includes an Italianate style home used as administrative offices that has been restored and expanded after the building was extensively damaged in a 1950 fire.

[124] Passaic Junction is a rail yard owned by New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway that has a connection to and is the official interchange location with Norfolk Southern.

The Saddle Brook campus was established after the acquisition of Saddle Brook/Kennedy Memorial Hospital in 1993, and operates 112 beds, specializing in rehabilitation from stroke, brain injury, amputation, neurological conditions (including Multiple Sclerosis, ALS and Parkinson's disease), joint replacement and orthopedic trauma[126] The First Reformed Church of Saddle Brook, located at 5 Ackerman Avenue, was the first church to be established in the present boundaries of the township.