• Bayonne
• Harrison Township
• Hoboken
• Jersey City
• Kearny
• North Bergen
• Secaucus

Hudson County History

The County of Hudson was created in 1840, named after the great river and its namesake, the English explorer, Henry Hudson, who landed his vessel the Half Moon at what is now the City of Hoboken in September of 1609. A peninsula totaling 46 square miles, and the smallest and most densely populated of New Jersey’s 21 counties, Hudson County is located in the state’s northeast corridor on the western shore of the Hudson River. The county’s water boundaries are the Hackensack River on the west, the Kill Van Kull on the south, Newark Bay on the southwest, and the Hudson River on the east.

There are 12 municipalities in Hudson County. They are the City of Bayonne; Borough of East Newark; Town of Guttenberg; Town of Harrison; City of Hoboken; City of Jersey City; Town of Kearny; Township of North Bergen; Town of Secaucus; City of Union City; Township of Weehawken; and the Town of West New York.