Place:Paramus, Bergen, New Jersey, United States

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NameParamus
Alt namesParamessource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS34005235
Pyramussource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS34005235
TypeBorough
Coordinates40.947°N 74.071°W
Located inBergen, New Jersey, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
George Washington Memorial Park
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Paramus (with the accent on the second syllable) is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 26,342,[1][2][3] reflecting an increase of 605 (+2.4%) from the 25,737 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 670 (+2.7%) from the 25,067 counted in the 1990 Census. A suburb of New York City, Paramus is located northwest of Midtown Manhattan and approximately west of Upper Manhattan.

Paramus was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 2, 1922, based on the results of a referendum held on April 4, 1922 that passed by a vote of 238 for and 10 against.[4] Paramus was created from portions of Midland Township, which now exists as Rochelle Park.

The borough is one of the largest shopping meccas in the country, generating over $5 billion in annual retail sales, more than any other ZIP Code in the United States. Paramus has more limited shopping hours, as it has some of the most restrictive blue laws in the nation (even stricter than those prevailing in the rest of Bergen County), banning nearly all retail and white-collar businesses from opening on Sundays. The only exceptions are gas stations, restaurants and grocery stores, and a limited number of other businesses. More than 63% of Bergen County voters rejected a referendum on the ballot in 1993 that would have repealed the county's blue laws, though the Paramus restrictions would have remained in place.

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