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The City of Hudson, the first chartered city of the entire United States, is located along the west border of Columbia County and the east bank of the Hudson River in Columbia County, New York, USA.

The population was 7,524 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Columbia CountyGR6. The city is named after the adjacent river and ultimately after the explorer Henry Hudson.

The land was purchased from the natives by Dutch settlers in 1662 and was originally part of the Town of Claverack. Settled by New England whalers and merchants hailing primarily from Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and Providence, Rhode Island, Hudson was chartered as a city in 1785. The self-described "Proprietors" laid out a city grid, and Hudson grew rapidly as an active port, and came within one vote of being named the capital of New York State. Hudson obtained a new charter in 1895.