Hoboken Phone Directory
The Hoboken phone directory helps you find phone numbers and contact details for people and businesses in this Hudson County city. Hoboken has about 60,000 residents packed into just over one square mile, making it one of the most densely populated cities in the country. You can search the phone directory for Hoboken using online tools or by visiting local offices. The directory draws from public records at the city, county, and state levels to give you a wide range of results for your search in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Hoboken Quick Facts
Hoboken City Clerk Phone Directory
The Hoboken City Clerk is the main source for local government phone directory data. The clerk keeps records for the city and handles public records requests. If you need a phone number for a city department or want to look up a contact, start here.
| Office | Hoboken City Clerk |
|---|---|
| Address | 94 Washington Street Hoboken, NJ 07030 |
| Phone | (201) 420-2000 |
| Website | hobokennj.gov |
Hoboken sits in Hudson County, which has about 702,000 residents. The county was formed in 1840 from the southern part of Bergen County. The Hudson County Clerk's Office is in Jersey City at Hudson County Plaza, 257 Cornelison Avenue, 4th Floor. E. Junior Maldonado serves as the county clerk. His office handles property records, elections, and public records for all of Hudson County, including Hoboken. You can reach the county clerk at 201-369-3470.
The county clerk does not issue vital records like birth or death certificates. Those come from the New Jersey Department of Health. But the clerk does keep property filings, business names, and other records that often have phone numbers and addresses in them.
How to Search Hoboken Phone Listings
Online phone directory searches for Hoboken are the fastest way to find a number. You enter a name, and the tool returns matching results. These results pull from public records that are open under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, the Open Public Records Act. The law says government records must be open for inspection and copying by the public.
For a more targeted search, you can use county resources. The Hudson County Clerk's website lets you find property records, court documents, and other filings. The Hudson County Register's Office at 257 Cornelison Avenue, 2nd Floor, Jersey City, is open 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM on weekdays. Phone: 201-369-4747. They maintain deeds, mortgages, and liens going back to 1805.
Hudson County also offers a Property Alert Service. This free tool tells you when someone records a document against your property. While it is built for fraud prevention, it shows how much of this data is public. If you need phone directory records tied to property filings in Hoboken, the county system can help.
Note: Paper copies of public records cost $0.05 per page for letter size and $0.07 per page for legal size in Hudson County.
Hoboken Phone Directory Online Tools
The Hoboken City Clerk website lists city departments and their contact details. Visit the city clerk page for direct phone numbers and office hours.
This page gives you a quick look at how to reach city offices in Hoboken. Each department has its own phone line and staff. The city clerk can also help you file OPRA requests for specific records you cannot find through online search tools.
OPRA Requests for Hoboken Directory Data
The NJ OPRA Portal for Hoboken lets you file records requests online. The portal is free. It runs all day, every day. You describe the records you want, and it sends your request to the right custodian in Hoboken. Common requests include meeting minutes, budget data, contracts, and employee phone lists.
Under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5, agencies must respond within seven business days. Some records must be shared right away, including budgets, salary data, and contracts. If the Hoboken clerk or any other agency takes too long or says no without a good reason, you can go to the Government Records Council. The council can order records released and fine agencies up to $1,000 for a first violation, $2,500 for a second, and $5,000 for a third under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-11.
Hudson County also maintains free public terminals at the Clerk's Office and Law Library. You can use these to search property records, election results, and court docket data at no cost. Electronic records sent by email are free under county policy. This makes it easy to get phone directory and contact data for Hoboken without spending money.
Historical Phone Records in Hoboken
For older phone directory data, the New Jersey State Archives holds Hudson County records going back to the county's formation in 1840. The archives contain 247 cubic feet of paper records and 857 reels of microfilm. These include deeds from 1805, mortgage records, marriage licenses, and other documents that may have phone and address data from past decades.
The archives also hold some rare records. Midwife licenses from 1892 to 1906 and non-resident marriage license applications from 1897 to 1910 are part of the Hudson County collection. While these are not phone directory records, they show the depth of public data available for historical research in Hoboken and the rest of Hudson County. The State Archives in Trenton holds over 37,000 cubic feet of records total from across New Jersey.
Hudson County Phone Directory
Hoboken is part of Hudson County, and many phone directory records are maintained at the county level. The Hudson County Clerk handles property records, business filings, and elections for all municipalities in the county. For broader phone directory resources and county-wide records access, visit the Hudson County page.