[25] Located within the New Jersey Meadowlands, it is the most suburban of the county's municipalities, though large parts of the town are dedicated to light manufacturing, retail, and transportation uses, as well as protected areas.

[32] Secaucus was originally formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 12, 1900, from portions of North Bergen.

Many of them were local politicians, most notably pork peddler Henry B. Krajewski, who ran for New Jersey senator, three times for governor and twice for U.S.

The accident occurred during the morning rush hour just south of the current Secaucus Junction station.

[43] Being partly surrounded by the meadowlands, Secaucus provides opportunities to observe the recovery of natural marshes in the town's post-industrial, post-agricultural age.

[45][46][47] Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the town include:[30][48] As its name suggests, the North End in Secaucus, New Jersey, is the section of town north of New Jersey Route 3 and the Secaucus Plaza Central Business District, to which it is connected by Paterson Plank Road.

[49] The North End is one of the older, traditional residential neighborhoods of Secaucus, which itself has been transformed to a commuter town and retail and outlet shopping area in the late 20th century.

It is home to Secaucus High School, whose athletic fields are used by the Bergen County Scholastic League.

Mill Creek Marsh[50] is park administered by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission and will eventually connect to the Secaucus Greenway.

The name is portmanteau taken from Hartz Mountain, a corporation that owns much land in the New Jersey Meadowlands, which originally developed the area as a gated community in the 1970s with townhouses and highrise residential buildings.

NJ Transit maintained a Harmon Cove station from 1978 until the re-routing of the Bergen County Line and the opening of Secaucus Junction in August 2003.

The Hudson Regional Hospital[57] and several hotels are located in Harmon Cove,[58][59] whose main thoroughfare is Meadowlands Parkway,[60] along which office and manufacturing buildings are found.

[71] The Plaza at Harmon Meadow is a large hotel, restaurant and shopping complex that includes the 61,000-square-foot (5,700 m2) Meadowlands Convention Center, a 14-screen Showplace Theatres,[72][73][74] a Walmart and Sam's Club located east of the New Jersey Turnpike, near Route 3 and Interchange 16E along with several hotels with a total of 1,200 rooms.

[75] Secaucus is home to several corporate headquarters, including The Children's Place,[76] FiberMedia,[77] Hartz Mountain Industries,[78] and Quest Diagnostics.

[84] Secaucus is home to 11 data centers due to its proximity to New York City and its more favorable costs and storm resiliency.

[85] The indie rock band, The Wrens, named their 1996 album Secaucus for the town where they resided together and worked for a decade.

[88] Sports companies headquartered in Secaucus include Red Bull New York,[89] Major League Baseball's MLB Network,[90] National Hockey League's NHL Network,[91] and NBA Entertainment/NBA TV[92][93][94] (whose studios are also the site of the NBA draft lottery).

The turnout was much lower than expected, with Mayor Gonnelli citing the NFL's focus on activities in Manhattan aimed at visitors.

[4][103][104][105][106] Orietta Tringali was chosen in January 2018 to fill the Ward 3 seat expiring in December 2018 that had been held by Susan Pirro until she resigned from office.

In October 2016, Gary Jeffas resigned from office to fill the position as Town Administrator; his Ward 1 seat expiring in December 2018 was filled by John Gerbasio, who served on an interim basis until the November 2017 election, when he was chosen to serve the balance of the term of office.

[108][109][110] Richard Steffens was chosen unanimously by the council in August 2009 to step in as mayor to finish the term of Dennis Elwell who resigned amid corruption charges on July 28, 2009, and was later convicted.

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

[120] For the 2024–2025 session, the 33rd legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Brian P. Stack (D, Union City) and in the General Assembly by Julio Marenco (D, North Bergen) and Gabe Rodriguez (D, West New York).

[183] The Nicholas G. Hayek Watchmaking School, established in 2005, offers a two-year training program that prepares students to service watches.

The town also has a large rail yard and multimode terminal run by CSX and Norfolk Southern where loads are switched between trains or transferred to or from trucks.

[193] As the station is in the south end of the town, access from the rest of Secaucus is limited via County Avenue, Meadowlands Parkway or NJ Turnpike Interchange 15X.

[199] In the first half of the 20th century the Jersey City, Hoboken and Rutherford Electric Railway operated a trolley line through the then main business district of Secaucus, on Paterson Plank Road from Jersey City and across the Hackensack River to East Rutherford.

[201] The town had been served by the Secaucus Home News, a weekly newspaper that published for 107 years before abruptly shutting down in 2017.

Its studios and main offices were located in Secaucus, but have since relocated to the Fox Television Center on Manhattan's Upper East Side with co-owned WNYW.

[205][206][207] The warehouse at 10 Enterprise Avenue was used as the primary filming location for the hospital drama Mercy, which aired on NBC from 2009 to 2010.