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Hoboken Information
Hoboken is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, located on the
west bank of the Hudson River just across from Manhattan. As of the United
States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 38,577. The current mayor
of Hoboken is David Roberts.
The name Hoboken may be derived from the original Lenape name for the area:
“Hobocan Hackingh” or “land of the tobacco pipe.” The Lenape made their pipes
from the soapstone of Castle Point.
The name Hoboken could also have been given by European immigrants after the
Flemish name of a town in Belgium: Hoboken, Antwerp. The city of Antwerp has
been a major harbor since the 17th century, and many immigrants from all over
Europe, heading for the United States, set sail there. European Hoboken's
place-name is derived from Old Dutch Hooghe Buechen or Hoge Beuken, meaning High
Beeches or Tall Beeches. To this day there is a hospital in Hoboken named "Hoge
Beuken".
Hoboken surprised many people by reinventing itself as a haven for artists,
musicians, and young, upwardly mobile Manhattan commuters. This gentrification
took place in much the same way as in the Manhattan neighborhood of SoHo,
whereby the initial presence of artists changed the perception of the city such
that other people who would not have considered moving there before now
perceived it as an interesting, safe, and even desirable address. The
gentrification process has continued, with many new apartment blocks now being
constructed on former industrial sites, both on the waterfront and,
increasingly, in the low-lying western portions of the city that were
traditionally the most impoverished.