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county, New Jersey, United States
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Hudson, county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S. It constitutes a low-lying coastal region bounded by the Hackensack and Passaic rivers to the west, Newark Bay to the southwest, Kill Van Kull to the south, and Upper New York Bay and the Hudson River to the east. Although timberland is scarce, oak and hickory are the main forest species. The county includes the waters surrounding the Statue of Liberty National Monument on Ellis and Liberty islands; Liberty Island belongs to the state of New York, while Ellis Island is administered jointly by New Jersey and New York. Algonquian-speaking Delaware Indians inhabited the ...(100 of 258 words)