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Weehawken, New Jersey
Weehawken is a township in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 12,554,〔〔〔 reflecting a decline of 947 (-7.0%) from the 13,501 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,116 (+9.0%) from the 12,385 counted in the 1990 Census.〔(Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010 ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed November 12, 2012.〕
==Name==
The name ''Weehawken'' is generally considered to have evolved from the Algonquian language Lenape spoken by the Hackensack and Tappan. It has variously been interpreted as "maize land", "place of gulls", "rocks that look like trees", which would refer to the Palisades, atop which most of the town sits, or "at the end", among other suggested translations.〔(''Weehawken'' ), Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, accessed June 13, 2007. "A township in Hudson County, N.J., seven miles northeast of Jersy City. The name was originally an Algonquin Indian term and later changed by folk-usage to a pseudo-Dutch form. Its exact meaning is unclear, but variously translated as ''place of gulls,'' ''rocks that look like trees,'' ''maize land,'' ''at the end'' (of the Palisades) and ''field lying along the Hudson.''"〕〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed October 23, 2015.〕〔Gannett, Henry. (''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States'' ), p. 31. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed October 23, 2015.〕
Three U.S. Navy ships have been named for the city. The USS ''Weehawken'', launched on November 5, 1862, was a ''Passaic''-class monitor, or ironclad ship, which sailed for the Union Navy during the American Civil War, encountered battles at the Charleston, South Carolina coast, and sank in a moderate gale on December 6, 1863.〔(USS WeehawkenCivil War Union Naval Ship ), AmericanCivilWar.com. Accessed October 23, 2015.〕 The ''Weehawken'' was the last ferry to The West Shore Terminal on March 25, 1959 at 1:10 am, ending 259 years of continuous ferry service.〔 Weehawken Street in Manhattan's Greenwich Village was the site of a colonial Hudson River ferry landing.
The name and the place have inspired mention in literature such as in ''The Lorax'' by Dr. Seuss,〔Dr. Seuss. (''The Lorax'' ) at Amazon.com, accessed November 23, 2010.〕 in Carl Sandburg's Pulitzer Prize–winning book of poetry, ''Cornhuskers''.〔Sandburg, Carl. (''Cornhuskers'' ) at Amazon.com, Page 51, accessed November 23, 2010.〕 in the song "Dig You Later (A Hubba, Hubba, Hubba!)" made popular by Perry Como (Well now you're really talkin', you're no square. / You can't be from Weehawken, hmm hmm, Delaware), and in the American painter Edward Hopper's ''East Wind Over Weehawken''.〔via Associated Press. ("Edward Hopper's 'East Wind Over Weehawken' sells for over $40M" ), ''The Record (Bergen County)'', December 5, 2013. Accessed October 23, 2015. "Edward Hopper's "East Wind Over Weehawken" has sold for $40.5 million — an auction record for the artist.The 1934 work depicts a streetscape of the New Jersey city across the Hudson River from New York."〕
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