THE WEST NEW YORK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Triassic Lowlands setting.
West New York town has 0.99 square miles of land in Hudson County. Its Census reference point is in Glaciated Triassic Lowlands, within Northern Piedmont.
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Regional context: Northern Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
West New York and Hudson County
West New York is associated with Hudson County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
West New York by land and water
The Census records 0.33 square miles of water within West New York, or 24.9% of its total area. It is 1 percentage points lower than the 25.9% recorded for Hudson County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, West New York town has 5.1 times the land area of nearby Guttenberg town (0.19 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

