Place details
Place nameJersey City
Other namesCity of Jersey, Jersey, Paulus Hook, Hudson, Powles Hook
CountryUnited States
Latitude40.717
Longitude-74.067
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Located in NE New Jersey on Upper New York Bay & Hudson River across from New York City; "Light-Horse Harry" Lee defeated British here in American Revolutionary War; important station on Underground Railroad; site of Black Tom explosion 1916.