Fort Lee is a
borough at the eastern border of
Bergen County,
New Jersey, United States, in the
New York City Metropolitan Area, situated atop the
Hudson Palisades. As of the
2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 35,345, reflecting a decline of 116 (-0.3%) from the 35,461 counted in the
2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 3,464 (+10.8%) from the 31,997 counted in the
1990 Census. The borough is the western terminus of the
George Washington Bridge and is located across the
Hudson River from the
Manhattan borough of
New York City. Named for the site of an early
American Revolutionary War military encampment, it later became the birthplace of the American
film industry.