Hackensack River Hackensack River The Hackensack River is a river, approximately 45 miles (72 km) long, in the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, emptying into Newark Bay, a back chamber of New York Harbor. The watershed of the river includes part of the suburban area outside New York City just west of the lower Hudson River, which it roughly parallels, separated from it by the New Jersey Palisades. It also flows through and drains the New Jersey Meadowlands. The lower river, which is navigable as far as the city of Hackensack, is heavily industrialized and forms a commercial extension
Southport, New York area of , of which is land and , or 0.91%, is water. The south town line is the border of Pennsylvania, and the west town line is the border of Steuben County, New York. The Chemung River, a tributary of the Susquehanna River, forms part of the northern border. New York State Route 14 and New York State Route 328 are north-south highways that intersect in Southport village. As of the census of 2000, there were 11,185 people, 4,189 households, and 2,890 families residing in the town. The population density was 240.4 people per square mile (92.8/km²). There were