Van Vorst Township, New Jersey

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Van Vorst was a township that existed in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, from 1841 to 1851, that is now a neighborhood in Jersey City. The township was located on the Hudson River, to the west and north of the original territory of Jersey City{{cite map | year=1848 | title=Map of Jersey City , Hudson County, N.J. | url=http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/HUDSON_COUNTY/JerseyCity_1848.jpg | format=jpg | access-date =September 12, 2016}} and across from Manhattan.

Van Vorst was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 12, 1841, from portions of Bergen Township.Snyder, John P. [http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. pp. 148. Accessed December 5, 2012.

As of the 1850 United States census, the township had a total population of 4,617.Debow, James Dunwoody Brownson. [https://books.google.com/books?id=25TicJOdU0AC The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850], p. 139. R. Armstrong, 1853. Accessed December 5, 2012.

On March 18, 1851, Van Vorst Township was annexed by Jersey City.{{cite book|title=From canoe to tunnel|title-link=s:From canoe to tunnel|page=15|date=1909|publisher=A. J. Doan|last=Free Public Library of Jersey City}}