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city, New Jersey, United States
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Jersey City, city, seat (1840) of Hudson county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S. It is situated on a peninsula between the Hudson and Hackensack rivers, opposite Manhattan Island, New York City, with which it is connected by the Holland Tunnel and the Port Authority Trans-Hudson rapid transit system. Its site, originally inhabited by the Delaware Indians, was first visited by Henry Hudson in 1609. It was settled by Dutch trappers in 1618 and became known as...

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