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New Durham, North Bergen

Populated place in Hudson County, New Jersey, US

New Durham, North Bergen

Summary

Populated place in Hudson County, New Jersey, US

FieldValue
nameNew Durham, North Bergen
image_skylineNewDurhamBaptistChurch.png
image_captionChurch in New Durham
pushpin_mapUSA New Jersey Hudson County
pushpin_label_positionleft
pushpin_map_captionLocation of New Durham in Hudson County Inset: Location of county in the state of New Jersey
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1New Jersey
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Hudson
subdivision_type3Township
subdivision_name3North Bergen
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft23
coordinates
postal_code07047
area_code201
blank_nameGNIS feature ID
blank_info878732
unit_prefimperial

New Durham is a neighborhood in North Bergen in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.{{cite web |last = Gordon |first = Thomas Francis |title = A Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey: Comprehending a General View of Its Physical and Moral Condition, Together with a Topographical and Statistical Account of Its Counties, Towns, Villages, Canals, Rail Roads, &c., Accompanied by a Map

c 1840 New Durham left on map near Three Pigeons

The area was the site of the colonial American community centered on the Three Pigeons when most of North Hudson was called Bergen Woods, a name recalled in Bergenwood Section on the steep slopes of the west side of the Hudson Palisades. Bergen Turnpike was one of the plank roads Hackensack Plank Road, crossing the Bergen Hill and the Hackensack Meadows that joined the village at Bergen Square with that at Hackenack that had been made the county seat of then much larger Bergen County in 1710. A congregation, established in the 1800s, still uses the name for their church.

New Durham was a station stop on New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway's route into Pavonia Terminal, just north of Homestead and the Susquehanna Transfer. The station was located at what is now 50th Street adjacent to North Bergen Yard and the present day terminus of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail at Tonnelle Avenue.

The Meadowview Section of North Bergen rises to the east of New Durham to the Municipal Building on Kennedy Boulevard. This neighborhood is nestled between the many cemeteries-Flower Hill Cemetery, Grove Church Cemetery, Hoboken Cemetery, Macphelah Cemetery and Weehawken Cemetery, that characterize the area and collectively constitute one of the largest green open spaces in the otherwise densely populated North Hudson area.

References

References

  1. {{cite gnis. 878732. New Durham
  2. [http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of New Jersey. Accessed February 7, 2015.
  3. {{usurped
  4. [http://www.newdurham.org/ New Durham Church]
  5. (1844). "Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey". S. Tuttle.
  6. [http://www.njtrainstations.info/nysw/index.html NYSW Stations]{{dead link. (February 2018)
  7. "NYSW".
  8. (1942). "Township of North Bergen (1940)".
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