The Changing Landscape of Hudson County, New Jersey

Historical Maps courtesy of
Rutgers Special Collections and Archives

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HUDSON COUNTY ATLAS 1873
HUDSON COUNTY 1872 (also Union and Essex Counties)
HUDSON COUNTY 1868 proposed roads
HUDSON COUNTY TOPOGRAPHICAL ATLAS 1880
HUDSON COUNTY ROAD MAPS 1965 (6 sheets)
HUDSON COUNTY 1976
BAYONNE PLATBOOK 1934
BELL VUE 1853
CHELSEA, HUDSON CITY
GUTTENBURG 1900
HIGHWOOD BLUFFS WEEHAWKEN 1909
HOBOKEN, NORTH BERGEN, and THE PROPOSED TOWNSHIP OF WEEHAWKEN
HOBOKEN, JERSEY CITY, WEEHAWKIN, UNION CITY 1872
JERSEY CITY, HOBOKEN 1841 | from the Library of Congress
Jersey City, Hoboken, Hudson Cities 1855 | from the Library of Congress
JERSEY CITY, HOBOKEN 1879
POWLES HOOK 1804 (area of Jersey City)
JERSEY CITY 1848
TOWNSHIP OF GREENVILLE 1873 now part of JERSEY CITY | from the Library of Congress
JERSEY CITY 1889
JERSEY CITY 1911 front || back with Hudson Tunnel train lines
JERSEY CITY - BLACK TOM ISLAND 1916 (area destroyed by explosion & fire) | from the Library of Congress
JERSEY CITY and BAYONNE PLAT BOOK 1919
JERSEY CITY - HUB of HUDSON COUNTY 1925
JERSEY CITY - PLAT BOOK 1928
JERSEY CITY USGS TOPO 1955 | USGS The National Map
NEW JERSEY FLATS 1881 from the docks of the Central RR of NJ to Constables Point
NORTH BERGEN TOWNSHIP 1940
WEEHAWKIN TO MANHATTAN The Lincoln Tunnel, proposed third tube 1950
WEST NEW YORK 1873
WEST NEW YORK 1907
WEST NEW YORK 1937
WEST NEW YORK 1940

1872 ATLAS OF NEW JERSEY


NJ Time Machine – compare 1930 and 2020 Imagery
USGS topographic quads mid 1950s courtesy of Rutgers Geography Department

Hudson County Historical Links

Jersey City Free Public Library's NJ Room

National Register of Historic Places - Hudson County

A HISTORIAN'S TIPS TO STUDENTS RESEARCHING LOCAL HISTORY

Comments or suggestions are welcome.
Contact Michael Siegel at misiegel@rutgers.edu

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COPIES OF THE MAPS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE