Ramsey is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. It is a suburb of New York City, located 26 miles northwest of Midtown Manhattan. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 14,473, reflecting an increase of 122 from the 14,351 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,123 from the 13,228 counted in the 1990 Census.Ramsey was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 10, 1908, from portions of Hohokus Township. Additional territory was annexed from Waldwick in 1921, and portions of the borough were ceded to Saddle River in 1925.