WEEHAWKEN  , a township of

Hudson county, New Jersey, U.S.A., in the N.E. part of the state, on the Hudson river, adjoining Hoboken and opposite the city of New York . Pop . (1890) 1943; (1900) 5325; (1910 census), 11,228 . It is served by the New York, Ontario & Western, and the West Shore railways (being a terminus of the latter), and by suburban electric lines, and is connected with New York City by steam ferries . The township consists of a narrow strip of land along the western bank of the Hudson, and at the southern extremity of the Palisades . The extensive water-front is lined with wharves, some of which can accommodate the largest ocean steamers . On a ledge below the crest of the Palisades is the famous duelling ground, where New York citizens and others once settled ,their quarrels . Originally a part of Hoboken and North Bergen, the township of Weehawken was separately incorporated in 1859 .