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Paulus Hook is a community on the Hudson River waterfront in Jersey City, New Jersey. It is located one mile (1.5 kilometres) across the river from Manhattan . The name Hook comes from the Dutch word "hoeck", which translates to "point of land."
The Battle of Paulus Hook was fought on August 19, 1779, between Continental Army and British forces in the American Revolutionary War. The Patriots were led by Major Light Horse Harry Lee, and launched a nighttime raid on the British-controlled fort in what is today downtown Jersey City. They surprised the British, taking 158 prisoners, and ...
The Jersey City and Bergen Point Plank Road was a road originally built in the 19th century in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States which ran between Paulus Hook and Bergen Point. The company that built the road received a charter on March 6, 1850 [1] [2] [3] to improve one that had been built in the 18th century.
1847 map of Paulus Hook and the Jersey City Ferry's route. Note the historic name of Pavonia. In 1812, Robert Fulton began steam ferry service via the "The Jersey" between Paulus Hook and Manhattan eight years after building a shipyard at Greene and Morgan Streets.
During 1634 a homestead was built at Ahasimus for Cornelis Hendriksen Van Vorst (Voorst), whose later descendants would play a prominent role in the development of Jersey City. Abraham Isaacsen Verplanck received a land patent for Paulus Hook on May 1, 1638. A small farm went up at Kewan Punt.
Map of Jersey City, New Jersey, 1848. 1802 - Population of Paulus Hook: 13. [1] 1804 Land bought from Cornelius Van Vorst by the Associates of the Jersey Company. [2] Streets of the Hook laid out. [1] [3] [4] 1812 - Steam ferry begins operating. [3] 1820 - "City of Jersey" incorporated in Bergen Township. [5] 1824 - Jersey Glass Company ...
Historic Districts in Hudson County, New Jersey; List of neighborhoods of Hudson County, New Jersey; Neighboring towns in Hudson County: Bayonne; North Hudson. North Bergen; Weehawken; Hoboken; Union City; West New York; Guttenberg; Secaucus; West Hudson
Van Vorst Park is a neighborhood in the Historic Downtown of Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, centered on a park sharing the same name.The neighborhood is located west of Paulus Hook and Marin Boulevard, north of Grand Street, east of the Turnpike Extension, and south of The Village and Christopher Columbus Drive.