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Hawthorne is a borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 19,637, an increase of 846 (+4.5%) from the 2010 census count of 18,791, which in turn reflected an increase of 573 (+3.1%) from the 18,218 counted in the 2000 census. Hawthorne was originally part of the now-defunct Manchester Township, which was later subdivided to create Hawthorne, Haledon, North Haledon, Prospect Park, Totowa, The Heights/Columbia Heights District of Fair Lawn and most of the First Ward of Paterson. The Borough of Hawthorne was incorporated from portions of Manchester Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 24, 1898. The borough was named for novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne. == Geography == According to the United States Census Bureau, Hawthorne borough had a total area of 3.35 square miles (8.7 km2), including 3.32 square miles (8.6 km2) of land and 0.03 square miles (0.078 km2) of water (0.90%). Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the borough include Goffle, North Hawthorne and Van Winkle. The borough borders North Haledon, Prospect Park, and Paterson in Passaic County; and Fair Lawn, Glen Rock, Ridgewood and Wyckoff in Bergen County. == Demographics == === 2010 census === The 2010 United States census counted 18,791 people, 7,454 households, and 4,949 families in the borough. The population density was 5,635.3 per square mile (2,175.8/km2).