North Hudson, New Jersey

With a population of 201,000, North Hudson is the collective name of the municipalities of Weehawken (2010 Census population of 12,554), Union City (66,455), West New York (49,708), Guttenberg (11,176) and North Bergen (60,773) in Hudson County, New Jersey. Though each municipality has an independent local government and school district, they collaborate (sometimes with Hoboken) on certain services including fire-fighting, water supply, sewage treatment, emergency medical services, and vocational education. Some are members of the Bergen County Cooperative Library System Most of North Hudson falls within New Jersey's 8th congressional district, with a small portion in the 9th. The towns are among the most densely populated in the United States.

Situated on the Palisades on the Hudson Waterfront on west bank of the Hudson River, the area is directly across from Midtown Manhattan and Upper West Side in New York City, north of Hoboken and Jersey City (the county seat), and east of the New Jersey Meadowlands. Its high elevation allows North Hudson expansive views of the Manhattan skyline, the Meadowlands, and the Watchung Mountains. The cuesta, or slope, on the west side of area makes North Bergen the city with the second most hills per square mile in the United States after San Francisco.