Weehawken
| Weehawken, New Jersey | |
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| Township | |
| Township of Weehawken | |
Weehawken on the Hudson River, as viewed from Midtown Manhattan in foreground
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 Weehawken highlighted in Hudson County. Inset: Location of Hudson County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Weehawken, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°46′08″N 74°00′56″W / 40.768903°N 74.015427°WCoordinates: 40°46′08″N 74°00′56″W / 40.768903°N 74.015427°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Hudson |
| Incorporated | March 15, 1859 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (Council-Manager) |
| • Body | Township Council |
| • Mayor | Richard F. Turner (term ends June 30, 2018) |
| • Manager | Giovanni D. Ahmad |
| • Clerk | Rola Dahboul |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.477 sq mi (3.826 km2) |
| • Land | 0.796 sq mi (2.063 km2) |
| • Water | 0.681 sq mi (1.764 km2) 46.10% |
| Area rank | 453rd of 566 in state 7th of 12 in county |
| Elevation | 3 ft (0.9 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 12,554 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 14,040 |
| • Rank | 194th of 566 in state 10th of 12 in county |
| • Density | 15,764.6/sq mi (6,086.7/km2) |
| • Density rank | 13th of 566 in state 7th of 12 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 07086-07087 |
| Area code(s) | 201/551 |
| FIPS code | 3401777930 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882224 |
| Website | www |
Weehawken is a township in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 12,554, reflecting a decline of 947 (-7.0%) from the 13,501 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,116 (+9.0%) from the 12,385 counted in the 1990 Census.
The name Weehawken is generally considered to have evolved from the Algonquian language Lenape spoken by the Hackensack and Tappan. It has variously been interpreted as "maize land", "place of gulls", "rocks that look like trees", which would refer to the Palisades, atop which most of the town sits, or "at the end", among other suggested translations.
Three U.S. Navy ships have been named for the city. The USS Weehawken, launched on November 5, 1862, was a Passaic-class monitor, or ironclad ship, which sailed for the Union Navy during the American Civil War, encountered battles at the Charleston, South Carolina coast, and sank in a moderate gale on December 6, 1863. The Weehawken was the last ferry to The West Shore Terminal on March 25, 1959, at 1:10 am, ending 259 years of continuous ferry service.Weehawken Street in Manhattan's Greenwich Village was the site of a colonial Hudson River ferry landing.
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