The Changing Landscape of Hudson County, New Jersey

Historical Maps courtesy of
Rutgers Special Collections and Archives
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
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 1879
POWLES HOOK 1804 (area of Jersey City)
JERSEY CITY 1848
JERSEY CITY 1889
JERSEY CITY 1911 front || back with Hudson Tunnel train lines
JERSEY CITY and BAYONNE PLAT BOOK 1919
JERSEY CITY - HUB of HUDSON COUNTY 1925
JERSEY CITY - PLAT BOOK 1928
JERSEY CITY USGS TOPO 1955
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


USGS topographic quads mid 1950s courtesy of Rutgers Geography Department

Hudson County Historical Links

Jersey City Free Public Library's NJ Room

Morris Canal in Jersey City

National Register of Historic Places - Hudson County

A HISTORIAN'S TIPS TO STUDENTS RESEARCHING LOCAL HISTORY

Comments, suggestions, and additional images are welcome.
Contact info for Mike Siegel can be found at http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu