威霍肯 (新泽西州)

威霍肯 是美国新泽西州哈德逊郡的一个城市。 根据2010年美国人口普查，威霍肯拥有人口12,554人。 

 名称 
威霍肯这个名字一般被认为来自于勒纳佩阿尔冈昆语族。 它可以被被解释为"玉米地"，"海鸥之地","像树的岩石"或"结束"。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.

 历史 
威霍肯于1859年3月15日由新泽西州议会成立为市。在1874年一部分被割让给霍博肯。 1879年从西霍博肯吞并了一部分地区。Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968 , Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 148. Accessed October 25, 2012.

 地理 
威霍肯是纽约都会区的一部分。 坐落在哈德逊河的西岸，与曼哈顿中城隔水相望,是林肯隧道西端的所在地。 

根据 美国人口调查局，该市总面积为1.477平方英里(3.826 公里2)，包括0.796平方英里(2.063 公里2)土地和0.681平方英里(1.764 公里2)水面(46.10%).

威霍肯的人口密度大约相当于泽西市，是美国人口密度最高的城市之一。 Cullen, Deanna. "A 19th Century ode to Weehawken; Census shows town today far from 'hour of infancy'", The Hudson Reporter, February 13, 2011. Accessed January 14, 2012. "Still, the town's urban population density – 13,948 per square mile – is among the highest in the United States, comparable with that of Jersey City."

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