Hudson County, New Jersey
Founding: 1840 Parent county: Bergen Namesake: The Hudson River Seat: Jersey City (1840–) Land area: 46 square miles Population (2020): 724,854 Population (historic): 9,483 (1840); 62,717 (1860); 187,944 (1880); 386,048 (1900); 690,730 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1930; 1990–2020 Subdivisions: Four cities; one borough; five towns; two townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 99,813 (35.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 51.5% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 16.8% Housing in disrepair (1950): 4.4% Average farmhouse value (1930): $4,774 Average outbuilding value (1930): $4,105 Number of farms (1920): 98 Average farm size (1920): 5.9 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Jersey City Namesake: The state of New Jersey Founding: 1807 (post office); 1820 (incorporation) P...