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Kearny ( KAR-nee) is a town in the western portion of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and a suburb of Newark. As of the 2020 United States census, the town’s population was 41,999, an buildup of 1,315 (+3.2%) from the 2010 census tote up of 40,684, which in perspective reflected an addition of 171 (+0.4%) from the 40,513 counted in the 2000 census.

Kearny is named after Civil War general Philip Kearny. It began as a township formed by an proceedings of the New Jersey Legislature upon April 8, 1867, from portions of Harrison Township. Portions of the township were taken on July 3, 1895, to form East Newark. Kearny was incorporated as a town on January 19, 1899, based on the results of a referendum held two days earlier. The Arlington section of town was named for Arlington Station on the Erie Railroad at the Arlington Mill plant, owned by Arlington Mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts.

The Place of Kearny Township, created in 1867, had been portion of the native Crown Grant of 30,000 acres (120 km) obtained by Major William Sandford of Barbados upon July 4, 1668. Major Sandford named it New Barbadoes Neck after his passй home. As was the custom of the time, the Major paid 20 pounds sterling to Chief Tantaqua of the Hackensack tribe for anything their superiority rights and titles.