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Ho-Ho-Kus is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 4,060. It is also the home of several historical landmarks including the Ho-Ho-Kus Inn and The Hermitage.
Ho-Ho-Kus was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on October 12, 1908, from what had originally been the Borough of Orvil, which was in turn created on March 8, 1905, from portions of Orvil Township.
Ho-Ho-Kus ranks the 15th highest in New Jersey according to per-capita income. Its wealthiest neighbor, Saddle River is ranked second.
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Ho Ho Kus Education
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serves public school students in kindergarten through eighth grade. As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 670 students.[13]
Local secondary school students in public school attend high school at the Northern Highlands Regional High School in nearby Allendale, which serves students in the 9th-12th grades from Allendale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Upper Saddle River and part of Saddle River.
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Ho Ho Kus Lifestyle
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Ho-Ho-Kus along with neighboring Saddle River and Upper Saddle River are known for wealthy and affluent residents and for high property value. In the past decade Ho-Ho-Kus has changed from a town with older residents and a small youth population to a town with increasing numbers of younger families, forcing the population of the public school to almost double from 400 to 750. Recently, the Borough Public School added a multi-million dollar addition to compensate.
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Ho Ho Kus News
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Search for "Ho Ho Kus NJ" - Two NJ Football Players Die - My Fox NY
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- NWS: No Tornado in Westchester - WINS-AM New York
| There were plenty of damaging winds but no twisters in a storm that spawned a rare tornado warning in New York City, government meteorologists said Saturday. |
- Editorial/Letters - The Martha's Vineyard Times
| After enjoying another wonderful stay on the Island, my wife and I returned home just as a rainstorm was approaching. |
- Little League: Suffern beats West Nyack 15-12, Stony Point beats Haverstraw 4-1, more games... - Journal News
| Suffern 15, West Nyack 12: In a District 18, 9-10-year-old game at Nyack/Valley Cottage, Kevin Jefferson had three hits and five RBI for Suffern. |
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Ho Ho Kus Transportation
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Ho-Ho-Kus is served by New Jersey Transit by both the Bergen County Line and Main Line at the Ho-Ho-Kus train station. The station is located at Brookside Avenue and 1st Street, one block from Franklin Turnpike.
The train lines runs north-south to Hoboken Terminal with connections via the Secaucus Junction transfer station to New Jersey Transit one-stop service to New York Penn Station and to other NJ Transit rail service. Connections are available at the Hoboken Terminal to other New Jersey Transit rail lines, the PATH train at the Hoboken PATH station, New York Waterways ferry service to the World Financial Center and other destinations and Hudson-Bergen Light Rail service.
Route 17, County Route 507, and County Route 502 travel through Ho-Ho-Kus.
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