▁in ▁Hudson ▁County , ▁New ▁Jersey , ▁United ▁States . ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁United ▁States ▁Census , ▁the ▁city ' s ▁population ▁was ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 5 , ▁having ▁grown ▁by ▁ 1 1 , 4 2 8 ▁(+ 2 9 . 6 %) ▁from ▁ 3 8 , 5 7 7 ▁counted ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁Census , ▁which ▁had ▁in ▁turn ▁increased ▁by ▁ 5 , 1 8 0 ▁(+ 1 5 . 5 %) ▁from ▁the ▁ 3 3 , 3 9 7 ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁Census . ▁Hob oken ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁metropol itan ▁area ▁and ▁is ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁Hob oken ▁Terminal , ▁a ▁major ▁transport ation ▁hub ▁for ▁the ▁tri - state ▁region . ▁ ▁Hob oken ▁was ▁first ▁settled ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Pav onia , ▁New ▁Nether land ▁col ony ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century . ▁During ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁developed ▁by ▁Colonel ▁John ▁Stevens , ▁first ▁as ▁a ▁resort ▁and ▁later ▁as ▁a ▁resident ial ▁neighborhood . ▁Origin ally ▁part ▁of ▁Ber gen ▁Township ▁and ▁later ▁North ▁Ber gen ▁Township , ▁it ▁became ▁a ▁separate ▁town ship ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 9 ▁and ▁was ▁incorpor ated ▁as ▁a ▁city ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 5 . ▁Hob oken ▁is ▁the ▁location ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁recorded ▁game ▁of ▁baseball ▁and ▁of ▁the ▁Stevens ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology ,