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Encyclopedia Britannica



WEEHAWKEN

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 466 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: WAT-WIL
WEEHAWKEN , a township of Hudson county, New
Jersey
 , U.S.A., in the N.E.
part
  of the state, on the Hudson river, adjoining
Hoboken
  and opposite the city of New
York
 . Pop. (1890) 1943; (1900) 5325; (1910
census
 ), 11,228. It is served by the New
York
 , Ontario & Western, and the West Shore railways (being a terminus of the latter), and by suburban electric lines, and is connected with New York City by steam ferries. The township consists of a narrow strip of land along the western bank of the Hudson, and at the southern extremity of the Palisades. The extensive water-front is lined with wharves, some of which can accommodate the largest ocean steamers. On a ledge below the crest of the Palisades is the famous duelling ground, where New York citizens and others once settled ,their quarrels. Originally a
part
  of
Hoboken
  and North Bergen, the township of Weehawken was separately incorporated in 1859. Its name is an Indian word said to mean " maize land."


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