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Van Vorst was a
township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
that existed in
Hudson County, New Jersey Hudson County is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey, its smallest and most densely populated. Lying in the northeast of the state and on the west bank of the Hudson River, the North Jersey county is part of the state's Gateway Region an ...
, United States, from 1841 to 1851, that is now a neighborhood in
Jersey City Jersey City is the List of municipalities in New Jersey, second-most populous
. The township was located on the
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, to the west and north of the original territory of Jersey City and across from
Manhattan Manhattan ( ) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the County statistics of the United States#Smallest, larg ...
. Van Vorst was incorporated as a township by an Act of the
New Jersey Legislature The New Jersey Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state of New Jersey. In its current form, as defined by the New Jersey Constitution of 1947, the Legislature consists of two houses: the General Assembly and ...
on April 12, 1841, from portions of Bergen Township.Snyder, John P
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''
Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. pp. 148. Accessed December 5, 2012. As of the
1850 United States census The 1850 United States census was the seventh decennial United States Census Conducted by the Census Office, it determined the resident population of the United States to be 23,191,876—an increase of 35.9 percent over the 17,069,453 persons ...
, the township had a total population of 4,617. On March 18, 1851, Van Vorst Township was annexed by Jersey City.


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Harsimus Harsimus (also known as Harsimus Cove) is a neighborhood within Downtown Jersey City, Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The neighborhood stretches from the Harsimus Stem Embankment (the Sixth Street Embankment) on the north to Ch ...
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Van Vorst Park 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 ...
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Cornelius Van Vorst Cornelius Van Vorst (March 7, 1822 – November 19, 1906) was the twelfth Mayor of Jersey City, serving from 1860 to 1862. Biography Cornelius and his family founded and laid out the street grid for Van Vorst Township, which was incorporated in ...
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Barrow Mansion The Dr. William Barrow Mansion is located at 83 Wayne Street between Barrow Street and Jersey Avenue in Downtown Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 1 ...
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Grace Church Van Vorst The Grace Church Van Vorst, is located in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 1, 1979. The church was built in 1853 and was named after the former Van ...
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Van Vorst House The Van Vorst House is a colonial-era residence in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA, located at 531 Palisade Avenue (Hudson Palisades), Palisade Avenue in Jersey City Heights, The Heights. The stone house was built c.1740–1742 by descendants of the f ...


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1841 establishments in New Jersey 1851 disestablishments in New Jersey Former municipalities in Hudson County, New Jersey Former townships in New Jersey Populated places disestablished in 1851 Populated places established in 1841 History of Jersey City, New Jersey Dutch-American culture in New Jersey {{HudsonCountyNJ-geo-stub