Hudson County is in New Jersey, United States. Its county seat is Jersey City.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 62 square miles (162 km), of which, 47 square miles (121 km) is land and 16 square miles (41 km)(25.21%) is water. It is the smallest of New Jersey's 21 counties.
Hudson is located in the heart of New York metropolitan area Tri-State Region. It is bordered by the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay to ...
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Hudson County is in New Jersey, United States. Its county seat is Jersey City.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 62 square miles (162 km), of which, 47 square miles (121 km) is land and 16 square miles (41 km)(25.21%) is water. It is the smallest of New Jersey's 21 counties.
Hudson is located in the heart of New York metropolitan area Tri-State Region. It is bordered by the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay to the east; Kill van Kull to the south; Newark Bay and the Hackensack River or the Passaic River to the west; its only land border is shared Bergen County to the north and west.
The topography is marked by New Jersey Palisades in the north with cliffs overlooking the Hudson to the east and less severe cuesta or slope to the west. They gradually level off to the southern peninsula, which is coastal and flat. The western region, around the Hackensack and Passaic is part of the New Jersey Meadowlands.
The highest points at 260 feet (79 m) above sea...
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