Hudson, thinking he had found the legendary " Northwest Passage", sailed on the Half Moon up the river that would one day bear his name, and sailing through the area that is now Haverstraw before exploring north towards what is now Albany. In 1609, Henry Hudson was the first major Dutch explorer to arrive in the area. The Tappan tribe had a particularly noteworthy presence in the area, extending from present-day Nyack, south to Sparkill and Tappan, down the Hackensack River valley through present-day Bergen County, NJ, and also along the Palisades and Hudson shore all the way down to present-day Edgewater, NJ. The area that became Rockland County was originally inhabited by Algonquian-speaking Native Americans, including Munsees, or Lenni Lenape. Historic Rockland County Courthouse in New City Rockland also ranked 31st on the list of highest-income counties by median household income in the United States, with a median household income of $82,534 according to the 2010 census. The county has the largest Jewish population percentage of any U.S. Rockland County is designated as a Preserve America Community, and nearly a third of the county's area is parkland. It comprises five towns and nineteen incorporated villages, with numerous unincorporated villages (sixteen) and hamlets.
Rockland County is the smallest county by area in New York outside New York City. The county's name derives from "rocky land", as the area has been aptly described, largely due to the Hudson River Palisades. Rockland County is accessible via the New York State Thruway, which crosses the Hudson to Westchester at the Tappan Zee Bridge ten exits up from the NYC border, as well as the Palisades Parkway five exits up from the George Washington Bridge. The county's population, as of the 2020 United States Census, is 338,329, making it the state's third-most densely populated county outside New York City (after Nassau and neighboring Westchester Counties, respectively). It is about 6 miles (10 kilometers) from the Bronx at their closest points. It is part of the New York City metropolitan statistical area. Rockland County is the southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. Interactive map of Rockland County, New York
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