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Waldwick is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, whose motto and nickname are 'The Light in the Woods.'

The borough's name is generally traced to Old English roots — 'wald' (forest) and 'wick' (settlement or place) — though an early Bergen County history rendered its meaning as 'beautiful grove.'

Waldwick was incorporated in April 1919 from the remaining portions of Orvil Township, which was dissolved when the borough was created.

Orvil Township, created in 1886, had been carved up by the 'Boroughitis' wave of 1894, when five new boroughs — including Montvale, Allendale and Saddle River — were formed from it in a single year.

The area's growth took off after the Erie Railroad established a station; the Waldwick Railroad Station, opened in 1886, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Waldwick's Erie Railroad Signal Tower at Waldwick Yard, built in 1848 for the Erie Railroad, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

The Albert Smith House on Wyckoff Avenue, built in 1750, is another of the borough's National Register-listed historic places.

The Ho-Ho-Kus Brook flows through the center of the borough on its way south.

The 2020 census counted 10,058 people in Waldwick, an increase of 4.5% from 2010, living in 3,577 households.

Local students attend Waldwick High School, part of the borough's own public school district.