Kearny Wedding

Kearny (pronounced /krni/) is a Town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. It was named after Civil War general Philip Kearny. As of the United States 2000 Census, the town population was 40,513.

The town has been used for location filming of the HBO series The Sopranos.

On March 14, 1867, the NJ Legislature approved an Act creating the Township of Kearny, an area that already had played a substantial part in the early history of NJ.

The 9.3 square mile area of this new Township had been part of the original Crown Grant of 30,000 acres obtained by Major William Sandford of Barbadoes Island on July 4, 1668. Major Sandford named it New Barbadoes Neck after his old home. As was the custom of the times, the Major paid Chief Tantaqua of the Hackensack Indians 20 English Pounds Sterling for all their reserve rights and titles. It would seem these transactions made Major Sandford Kearnys first citizen and founder. William Sandford died in 1690.