Place:Hudson, New Jersey, United States

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NameHudson
Alt namesHudsonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates40.717°N 74.067°W
Located inNew Jersey, United States     (1840 - )
See alsoBergen, New Jersey, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Unknown
North Bergen (township)
West Bergen
Borough
East Newark
Cemetery
Flower Hill Cemetery ( 1873 - )
Hoboken Cemetery
New York Bay Cemetery
Old Bergen Churchyard
Inhabited place
Bayonne
Croxton
Edgewater
Grantwood
Guttenberg
Harrison
Hoboken
Jersey City ( 1000 - )
Kearny
Secaucus
Union City
Union Hill ( 1865 - 1925 )
Weehawken
West New York
Township
North Bergen
Unknown
Arlington
Bergin Point
Greenville
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Hudson County is a densely populated county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It lies west of the lower Hudson River, which was named for Henry Hudson, the sea captain who explored the area in 1609. Part of New Jersey's Gateway Region in the New York metropolitan area, the county's county seat and largest city is Jersey City, whose population as of the 2020 U.S. Census was 292,449.

As of the 2020 United States Census, Hudson County was the fastest-growing county in New Jersey compared to 2010; the county reached total population of 724,854 as of 2020, representing an increase of 90,588 residents (14.3%) over the population of 634,266 counted in the 2010 U.S. Census, making Hudson the state's fourth-most populous county. Home to 15,693 residents per square mile (6,130/km2) in 2020, covering only 46.19 square miles of land, Hudson County is New Jersey's geographically smallest and most densely populated county as well. Its 2010 population in turn was an increase of 25,291 (4.2%) from the 2000 U.S. Census, when the county's population was established to be 608,975, Hudson County shares extensive mass transit connections with Manhattan, located across the Hudson River, as well as with most of Northern and Central New Jersey.

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Date Event Source
1840 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1840 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1860 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1840 9,483
1850 21,822
1860 62,717
1870 129,067
1880 187,944
1890 275,126
1900 386,048
1910 537,231
1920 629,154
1930 690,730
1940 652,040
1950 647,437
1960 610,734
1970 609,266
1980 556,972
1990 553,099
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

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External links

www.hudsoncountynj.org/

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