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(1849)
- The New Jersey legislature created Hudson County in 1840, and in 1843, it was divided into two townships: Old Bergen Township (which eventually became Jersey City) and North Bergen Township, which was gradually separated into Hudson County's municipalities of Hoboken (1849), Weehawken and Guttenberg (1859), and Union Township (or simply Union,) (1864), though it was colloquially known as Union Hill.
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Union Hill was a town that existed in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, from 1864 to June 1, 1925, when it merged with West Hoboken to form Union City.
Hoboken was first settled by Europeans as part of the Pavonia, New Netherland colony in the 17th century. During the early 19th century, the city was developed by Colonel John Stevens, first as a resort and later as a residential neighborhood.
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Early history and civic boundaries
The area that became West Hoboken was originally inhabited by the Munsee-speaking branch of Lenape Native Americans, who wandered into the vast woodland area encountered by Henry Hudson during the voyages he conducted from 1609–1610 for the Dutch, who later claimed the area (which included the future New York City) and named it New Netherland. The portion of that land that included the future Hudson County was purchased from members of the Hackensack tribe of the Lenni-Lenape in 1658 by New N...
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Mallomars were first sold in a grocery in West Hoboken.The town had two commercial districts. Transfer Station at Paterson Plank Road and Summit Avenue, in the southern part of town, and Bergen Turnpike, at the border with Union Hill.
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with West Hoboken include:(B)denotes that the person was born there. 1. Charles Avedisian (1917–1983), football player who played in the NFL for the New York Giants (B) 2. Pietro Botto (1864–1945), owner of the Pietro and Maria Botto House in Haledon, New Jersey, which was a cen...
Schuetzen Park in Union Hill (later to become park of Union City) was a place well known to Hoboken residents especially those of German ancestry. The site of many festivals, parties, sporting events and political gatherings (it is still around), Hobokeners were frequent attendees.
The town was reincorporated on March 27, 1874. The northern section of Union Township was later incorporated as West New York in 1898. Union Hill merged with West Hoboken to form Union City, which was incorporated on June 1, 1925.
The Town of Guttenberg also become incorporated in 1859, then came the Township of West Hoboken and the Township of Union (now West New York), which adopted a government of their own on February 28, 1861; then the Town of Union (Union Hill) divorced itself from the Township of Union (West New York) on March 24, 1864.
West Hoboken and the town of Union (also called Union Hill) merged in 1925 to form Union City. The Azarian family lived in Union City in the 1930s. John Blanck and his family lived in Union City in the 1930s.
