West Hudson is the western part ofHudson County, New Jersey comprising the contiguous municipalities ofKearny,Harrison andEast Newark,[1][2][3][4][5][6] which lies on thepeninsula between theHackensack River andPassaic River.
The Passaic River separates it fromNewark andBelleville, and the Hackensack River separates it fromJersey City, the county seat, andSecaucus. Residential and commercial districts, includingArlington, are concentrated along the banks of the Passaic, also site ofKearny Riverbank Park. AtKearny Point there is more industry. Brownfields or protected areas known as the Kearny Meadows or the Kearny Marsh are part of theNew Jersey Meadowlands.[7]West Hudson Park is the county park in the area.Arlington Memorial Park cemetery is located onSchuyler Avenue.[8]
The area was known asMeghgectecock (spellings includemasgichteu-cunk) by theHackensack tribe ofLenape people who lived there at the time of European colonization,[9] meaningwhere May-apples grow, from a moist-woodland perennial that bears edible yellow berries[10] and used to describe the lobe of land between and before the confluence of the Hackensack and Passaic atNewark Bay.[11] During the 17th century was part of the area calledAchter Col byNew Netherlanders in the province ofNew Netherland. It was later given the nameNew Barbadoes Neck by British colonialists. All of West Hudson was originally part ofEssex County under the jurisdiction of Newark. In 1710 it was made part ofNew Barbadoes Township, and part ofBergen County.[5] The West Hudson municipalities were part ofHarrison Township, which was created by an act of theNew Jersey Legislature on April 13, 1840, and was part ofHudson County, which had been created from portions of Bergen County on February 22, 1840.[12] The current borders were created through a series of secessions and reincorporations.[13][14]
The West Hudson towns and Newark, particularly theIronbound across the Passaic, have had a long tradition of soccer.[15][16][17][18][19][20] Kearny's nickname, "Soccer Town, USA" comes from tradition that originated in the mid-1870s after Scottish and Irish immigration.[21][22][23][24] TheNewark Portuguese,Clark A.A.,Harrison S.C. andWest Hudson A.A. were among the many teams.[19]Sports Illustrated Stadium, the home of theNew York Red Bulls ofMajor League Soccer andGotham FC of theNational Women's Soccer League is in Harrison.
Portion of theMorris Canal ran throughKearny Point, unused portions which remain today.[25] The peninsula is crisscrossed with rail passenger and freight rail lines,[9][26] including those ofAmtrak,New Jersey Transit, andPATH, the last of which maintains a station at Harrison (Amtrak and NJT having ceased service there). Also in this area was the formerManhattan Transfer. TheKearny Connection andWaterfront Connection are major passenger rail junctions. The proposedhigh-speed rail line known as theGateway Project will traverse the area and includes the replacement of thePortal Bridge and theSawtooth Bridges.
West Hudson's Saint Patrick's Day Parade passes through the three municipalities.[27]
Since the creation of the29th Legislative District in the 1970s, the three communities have always been represented in the same district.[1]
Other towns don't have the history of Kearny, Harrison or their fellow West Hudson community of East Newark
West Hudson, which also includes the Towns of Harrison and Kearny, then were made part of Bergen County until 1840, when Hudson County was created.
The area now occupied by the 'West Hudson' towns of Kearny and Harrison, was called Meghgecticock by the Hackensack Indians
...now known as West Hudson...
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)soccer enthusiasts of all ages in the area, which includes Harrison and Kearny in western Hudson County and the Ironbound section of Newark just across the Passaic River.
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