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Kearny (/ ˈ k ɑːr n i / KAR-nee [1] [21]) is a town in the western part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and a suburb of Newark.As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 41,999, [11] [12] an increase of 1,315 (+3.2%) from the 2010 census count of 40,684, [22] [23] which in turn reflected an increase of 171 (+0.4%) from the 40,513 counted in the 2000 ...
The Pulaski Skyway (left) and the Lincoln Highway cross The Passaic and Hackensack. River Terminal includes the former Western Electric Kearny Works.. South Kearny, also known as Kearny Point, is an industrial district and distinct area of the western part of Hudson County, New Jersey at the northern end of Newark Bay in the town of Kearny, New Jersey. [1]
The township of Kearny, New Jersey was created in 1867. Mayor William Sandford obtained the property in 1668. It was then bought in 1701 by Sandford's friend, Mayor Nathaniel Kingsland, who then sold the land to Captain Arent Schuyler. Schuyler opened up a copper mine in the area, and was able to create the first steam engine in America.
The Hudson County Park System owns and operates several county parks in Hudson County, New Jersey. It has its roots in the City Beautiful movement around the turn of the twentieth century. [1] The system comprises eight parks [2] [3] (the extension of one which includes a golf course) comprising 716.52 acres (290.0 ha). [4]
Kearny Riverbank Park is a municipal linear park along the Passaic River in Kearny, New Jersey. It is located in the Kearny Uplands north of Bergen Avenue and was extended to Belleville Turnpike in 2011 with brownfield reclamation projects. [1] [2] [3] In 2012 improvements to the park's greenway were funded with a $1.8 million appropriation ...
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Residential and commercial districts, including Arlington, are concentrated along the banks of the Passaic, also site of Kearny Riverbank Park. At Kearny Point there is more industry. Brownfields or protected areas known as the Kearny Meadows or the Kearny Marsh are part of the New Jersey Meadowlands. [7] West Hudson Park is the county park in ...
The Uplands district of Kearny, New Jersey is the residential area in the northwestern portion of town, on a ridge between the Kearny Meadows and the Passaic River, along which runs Riverbank Park. Arlington is located within the Kearny Uplands.