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- Municipalities
- Lenape
- Dutch
- Odonyms
- See also
- References
This is a list of locales in Hudson County, New Jersey categorized by origin of their name. Municipalities - Bayonne (Bynne)
- Jersey City (JC)
- Hoboken (Hbkn)
- Union City (UC)
- West New York (WNY)
- Guttenberg (Gtbg)
- Secaucus (Sec)
- Kearny (Kearny)
- Harrison (Har'sn)
- East Newark (EN)
- North Bergen (NB)
- Weehawken (Whkn)
LenapeThe Lenape people who lived in the region spoke an Algonquian language from which the current names are derivative through Dutch and English. | Name | Municipality | Origin | Comments | | | Caven Point | JC | peninsula[1] | through Dutch kewan (see:cay) | Road | | Communipaw | JC | gamunk, on the other side of the river, and pe-auke, water-land, meaning big landing-place from the other side of the river.[2] | Upper New York Bay before land reclamation at turn of the 20th century
current: gamuck meaning other side of the water or otherside of the river[3] or landing place at the side of a river [4] | Terminal
Station
Junction
Cove
Avenue | | Hackensack | JC, Sec
Whkn | place of stony ground[5] or place of sharp ground [6] | exonym for Hackensack (Native Americans) and the terrain around main village at Overpeck Creek near a ridgefield | River
Plank Road | | Harsimus | JC | sea marsh or sea grass, possibly crow's marsh | salt marsh cove along the North River before landfilling in the 19th century
current: ahas meaning crow [7] | Cove | | Hoboken | Hob | hoopookum or hupoken meaning smoking pipe,[6] from Hopoghan Hackingh [8] or place of stone for pipes | serpentinite rock found at the outcropping of Castle Point
current: Hopoakan meaning pipe for smoking | Terminal
Cemetery | | Lackawanna | stream that forks | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad , originally the Lackawanna and Western Railroad, consolidated with the Erie Railroad to become the Erie Lackawanna Railway, travelled through the region of the Lackawanna River and across NJ to the waterfront | Hoboken Terminal | | Manhattan | UC | island of many hills[9] | From the word Manna-hata, as written in the 1609 logbook of Robert Juet, a first mate on Henry Hudson's yacht Halve Maen, while anchored at Weehawken Cove.[10] A 1610 map depicts the name Manahata twice, on both the west and east sides of what became the Hudson River | | Pamrapo | JC
Bay | rock | Natural break in Bergen Hill where the east-west crossing of Morris Canal was later built and city line established. | Station
Avenue
Court | | Passaic | pahsaayeek,[6] pasayak or pahsayèk
meaning valley or water that flows through the valley[11] | Current: Pachsa'jeek[6] | | Secaucus | Sec | sukit meaning black and achgook meaning snake,[12] hence black snakes.[4] | Snake Hill | Road | | Weehawken | Whkn | at the end of[13] | emergence of Hudson Palisades at King's Bluff | Cove
Cemetery |
DutchNew Netherlanders established a factorij in 1617 at Communipaw, a patroonship in 1630 at Pavonia, and New Jersey's first independent gemeente, or municipality, in 1661 as Bergen. | Name | Municipality | Origin | Comments | | | Bergen | county-wide | bergen meaning hills or mountain ridge, alternatively from the verb to save, recover, keep safe [14] | speaks to the terrain of Bergen Hill or the establishment of a stockaded village to which settlers could withdraw if needed | Square
Point
Bergenline, etc | | Constable Hook | Bynne | Konstapel's Hoeck constable &
hoek or hoeck meaning cape or peninsula.
| land grant to Jacob Jacobsen Roy, chief gunner or constable in at Fort Amsterdam in New Amsterdam in 1646[15] | | Cromakill Creek | Sec, NB | kromme kill meaning crooked creek | border between Secaucus and North Bergen in Hackensack Meadowlands | | Paulus Hook | JC | variously Paulus Hoeck, Powles Hoek, Powles Hook
hoek or hoeck[16] | originally a tidal island, site of ferry and factorij operated by Micheal Paulus on behalf of the patroon[15] | | Pavonia | JC, Bynne | latinized pauw meaning peacock | from surname of absentee patroon Michael Reyniersz Pauw, as was common for educated men in Dutch Golden Age to take a Latin name | | Kill van Kull | Bynne | channel from the ridge
from kille meaning water channel and col meaning mountain pass or ridge | Achter Kol described the terrain behind, or west, of the Hudson Palisades. Arthur Kill is an anglicisation of achter kill meaning back channel, which would speak to its location behind Staten Island. | | North River | In maritime usage, the Hudson River between Hudson County and Manhattan
In relation to another of the great rivers in New Netherland, the Delaware or South River.[17] Alternatively, the "North" River and "East" River were so named for the direction of travel they permitted once having entered the harbor.[18] | Tunnels | | Robbins Reef | Bynne | rob or robyn meaning seal | collections of seals would sometimes lay on the reef at low tide[19] | | Suydam | JC | south dam | once part of the village of Communipaw | Street |
OdonymsPlaces bearing eponymous names.
(Streets with names of US presidents, more than half of whom are honored, are not included.)[20] | Place | Municipality | Origin of Name | Comments | | Barrow Street | JC | Dr William Barrow | Prominent early 19th century resident of Van Vorst
Barrow Mansion | | Bartholdi Avenue | JC | Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi | French sculptor and designer of the Statue of Liberty | | Bedloe's Island | JC | Issac Bedloo | original name of Liberty Island | | Bentley Avenue | JC | Peter Bentley, Sr. | Fifth Mayor of Jersey City | | Black Tom | JC | Black Tom | resident of the island[21] | | Bloomfield Avenue | Hbkn | Joseph Bloomfield | Twice Governor of New Jersey | | Bonn Place | Whkn | John H. Bonn [22] | Founder of North Hudson County Railway | | Boyle Plaza | JC | John F. Boyle | Director interstate commission which built Holland Tunnel | North Hudson
-James J. Braddock Park | NB | James J. Braddock | World heavyweight champion | | Burr Place | Whkn | Aaron Burr | Third Vice President of the United States | | Bulls Ferry | NB,WNY | Bull family | 18th century ferry operators | | Clinton Street | Hbkn | De Witt Clinton | | Colden Street | JC | Cadwallader D. Colden | Mayor of New York & President of the Morris Canal Company | | Colgate Street | JC | William Colgate | Colgate-Palmolive long a fixture in Paulus Hook | | Cornelison Avenue | JC | John M. Cornelison | Director of the Hudson and Bergen Plank Road Company
Sixth Governor of New York. | | Celia Cruz Plaza | UC | Celia Cruz | Singer and performer | | Curries Woods | JC,Bynne | James Currie[23] | Early settler and prominent citizen of Greenville | | Danforth Avenue | JC | HBLR station | | Pietro di Donato Square | UC | Pietro di Donato | Italian-American writer | | Dixon Mills | JC | Joseph Dixon | Inventor and manufacturer | | Duer Place | Whkn | William Duer, son-in-law of Lord Stirling | | Ellis Island | JC | Samuel Ellis | Colonial merchant and one time owner of island[24] | | Fulton | Whkn, JC | Robert Fulton | Introduced world's first steamboat ferry service at Paulus Hook in 1812 | | Gangemi Drive | JC | Thomas Gangemi | 35th Mayor of Jersey City | | Garfield Avenue Station | JC | James A. Garfield | 20th President of the United States | | Gates Avenue | JC | Horatio Gates | British soldier turned American general in Revolutionary War. | | Gracie Lane | Whkn | Gracie family | | Gregory Avenue | Whkn | Dudley S. Gregory | 1st Mayor of Jersey City, Congressman 5th congressional district-NJ | | Greene Street | JC | Nathanael Greene | Major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. | | J. Owen Grundy Park | JC | J. Owen Grundy | City historian and writer | | Hamilton | Whkn
JC | Alexander Hamilton | Founding Father and first United States Secretary of the Treasury
Hamilton Plaza
Hamilton Park | | Harrison | William Henry Harrison | Ninth President of the United States | | Hudson | used county-wide | Hudson River for Henry Hudson | Sea-captain and explorer of estuary and river in 1609 | | Arthur Imperatore Drive | NB | Arthur Edward Imperatore, Sr. | Tucking magnate and founder of New York Waterway
Port Imperial | | Journal Square | JC | Jersey Journal | Newspaper with headquarters located on square | | Jeanette Street | UC | Joe Jeanette | African-American heavyweight boxer | | Johnston | Bynne
JC | John Taylor Johnston | President of the Central Railroad of New Jersey
Port Johnston
Johnston Ave | | Town of Kearny | Kearny | Philip Kearny | Civil War General | | Kennedy Boulevard | Baynne, JC, North Hudson | John F. Kennedy | 35th President of the United States | | King Avenue | Whkn | James Gore King | Congressman New Jersey's 5th congressional district | | Lafayette Park | JC | Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette | French general who served in Continental Army | | McAdoo Avenue | JC | William McAdoo | CongressmanNew Jersey's 7th congressional district and New York City Police Commissioner | | Manischewitz Plaza | JC | Manischewitz | Company which built its factory at location in 1932 | | Martin Luther King Drive | JC | Martin Luther King, Jr. | Clergyman, activist, a leader in the Civil Rights Movement | | Marin Boulevard | JC, Hbkn | Luis Muñoz Marín | Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician
HBLR station | | Mercer Street | JC | Hugh Mercer | Brigadier General in the Continental Army | | Merseles Street | JC | Jacob M. Merseles | Founder the Bergen Point Plank Road Company | | Monastery Place | UC | Monastery and Church of Saint Michael the Archangel | | Montgomery Street | JC | Richard Montgomery or
James Montgomery, Jr. | Brigadier General in the Continental Army
Director of Hudson and Bergen Plank Road Company | | Morgan Street | JC | Daniel Morgan | Colonel in Continental Army | | Nungessers | NB | Family Nungesser | Nungesser's Guttenberg Racetrack | | Ogden Avenue | JC | Aaron Ogden | 5th Governor of New Jersey. | | Paulus Hook | JC | Micheal Paulez | Agent of patroon Micheal Pauw and Dutch West India Company[16] | | Pavonia | JC
Bynne | Micheal Pauw | Patroon of first European setllement, latinized version of name meaning peacock
PATH, HBLR stations
Pavonia Court | | Pershing | Whkn
JC | John J. Pershing | General of the Armies in World War I
Pershing Road
Pershing Field | | Peter Street | UC | William Peter | Founder Peter's Brewery[25] | | Prior Street | JC | John Prior | Owner of Prior's Mill in 18th century Jersey City[26] | | Pulaski Skyway | JC, Kearny | Kazimierz Pułaski | Polish General in Continental Army during American Revolutionary War. | | Randolph Avenue | JC | Theodore Fitz Randolph | | Ristaino Drive | JC | John Ristaino | Candle and furniture-maker, champion speed-skater and Korean War Vet | | Frank E. Rodgers Blvd. | Har'sn | Frank E. Rodgers | Mayor of Harrison for 48 years from 1947 to 1995 | | Roosevelt | JC
UC | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 32nd President of the United States
Roosevelt Stadium (Jersey City)
Roosevelt Stadium (Union City) | | Schuyler Avenue | Kearny | Arent Schuyler
of the Schuyler family | Early settler who developed mines in the region[27] | | Shippen Street | Whkn | William W. Shippen.[22] | President Hoboken Land and Improvement Company | | Sinatra Drive | Hbkn | Frank Sinatra | Actor, entertainer and famous son | | Steuben Street | JC | Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben | Prussian who served as inspector general of the Continental Army | | Sterling Avenue | whkn | Lord Stirling | William Alexander, American general in Revolutionsry War | | Tonnelle Avenue | JC
NB | John Tonnele | Early settler to Hudson City
Tonnelle Circle
HBLR station | | Teurs Avenue | JC | Jane Teurs[28] | Instrumental in foiling Benedict Arnold plot to sell West Point to British during the American Revolution | | Van Vorst Park | JC | Van Vorst family
including Cornelius Van Vorst | Early settlers to Pavonia, New Netherland
12th Mayor of Jersey City
Van Vorst Street | | Van Wagenen Avenue | JC | Van Wagenen family | Early settlers to Bergen, New Netherland
Van Wagenen House | | Varick Street | JC | Richard Varick | Mayor of New York City and a founder of City of Jersey[29] | | Warren Street | JC | Joseph Warren | Sons of Liberty and Major General of Continental Army | | Wayne Street | JC | Anthony Wayne | American Revolutionary War brigadier general | | Westervelt | JC | Westervelt family
including Jacob Aaron Westervelt | Early settlers to Bergen, New Netherland
Ship builder and Mayor of New York City | | Wittpenn Bridge | JC, Kearny | H. Otto Wittpenn | 28th Mayor of Jersey City | | Wright Street | JC | Edwin R. V. Wright | New Jersey|5}} and Mayor of Hudson City | | Audrey Zapp Drive | JC | Audrey Zapp | Environmentalist influential in the development Liberty State Park |
See also- Toponymy of Bergen, New Netherland
- List of New Jersey county name etymologies
References1. ^{{Citation | last = Ferretti | first = Fred | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = Jersey City Hopes to Save Caven Point | newspaper = New York Times | pages = | date = June 10, 1979 | url = | accessdate =}}
2. ^https://archive.org/stream/fourchaptersofpa00shri/fourchaptersofpa00shri_djvu.txt
3. ^The Lenape/English Dictionary http://www.gilwell.com/lenape
4. ^1 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njmorris/general_info/indian.htm
5. ^http://www.bergencountyhistory.org/Pages/indians.html
6. ^1 2 3 http://www.woodlandindians.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=3749
7. ^http://www.talk-lenape.org/spelling.php
8. ^HM-hist "The Abridged History of Hoboken", Hoboken Museum {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226232246/http://www.hobokenmuseum.org/abridged_history.htm |date=2009-02-26 }}
9. ^Holloway, Marguerite. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/16/nyregion/urban-tactics-i-ll-take-mannahatta.html "Urban tactics; I'll Take Mannahatta"], The New York Times, May 16, 2004, accessed June 30, 2009. "He could envision what Henry Hudson saw in 1609 as he sailed along Mannahatta, which in the Lenape dialect most likely meant island of many hills."
10. ^Full Text of Robert Juet's Journal: From the collections of the New York Historical Society, Second Series, 1841 log book {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518023333/http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs216a1v,0,919043.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation |date=2009-05-18 }}, Newsday. Retrieved 2007-05-16.
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12. ^Anthony, Rev A.S and Binton D.G. (editors) Lenape-English Dictionary, 1888, (Historical Society of Penn)
13. ^Weehawken, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, accessed June 13, 2007. "A township in Hudson County, N.J., seven miles northeast of Jersy{{sic}} City. The name was originally an Algonquin Indian term and later changed by folk-usage to a pseudo-Dutch form. Its exact meaning is unclear, but variously translated ... at the end (of the Palisades)..."
14. ^{{cite book |last=Grundy|first=J. Owen|title=The History of Jersey City (1609–1976)|year=1976|publisher=Walter E. Knight, Progress Printing Co.|location=Jersey City, New Jersey|isbn=|chapter=A Dutch Legacy |page=5}}
15. ^1 Joan F. Doherty, Hudson County The Left Bank, {{ISBN|0-89781-172-0}} (Windsor Publications, Inc., 1986)
16. ^1 NJCU: Jersey City A to Z/Paulus Hook
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18. ^Dougherty, Steve. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E1DE163AF932A05756C0A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all "MY MANHATTAN; Away From the Uproar, Before a Strong Wind"], The New York Times, May 31, 2002. Accessed January 17, 2008. "'Because it's the river you sail to go north,' Captain Freitas explained. 'To sail east, to Long Island Sound, you would take the East River.'"
19. ^Roberts, Bruce and Jones, Ray, Lighthouses of New York, Globe Pequot Press, Guilford CT, 2008
20. ^{{Cite book| publisher = Hagstrom Map Company, Inc| isbn = 0-88097-763-9| title = Hudson County New Jersey Street Map | year = 2008}}
21. ^NJCU JC A to Z: Black Tom
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23. ^JC Past and Present {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110030857/http://www.njcu.edu/Programs/jchistory/Pages/C_Pages/Curries_Woods.htm |date=2009-01-10 }}
24. ^Moreno, Barry (2001) "Ellis Island Chronology Timeline (1674–2001)". National Park Service, Ellis Island Library. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
25. ^History of Peter Family and Brewery {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604101711/http://members.fortunecity.com/speciale/ |date=2011-06-04 }}
26. ^NJCU JC A to Z:Prior's Mill
27. ^Arent Schulyer family
28. ^http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/T_Pages/Tuers_Jane.htm
29. ^NJCU: Associates of Jersey
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