List of place names of Native American origin in New Jersey
This is a list of Native American place names in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
- Absecon
- Absecon Inlet
- Absecon Island
- Acquackanonk Township
- (tributary of the Delaware River in Hunterdon County) (Lenape: Alàxhakink[1])
- Allamuchy Township (Lenape: Alemuchink[1])
- Alloway Township
- Almonesson (part of Deptford Township))
- Apshawa (part of West Milford)
- Assunpink Creek (Lenape: Ahsën'pink[1])
- Assiscunk Creek
- Lake Atsion
- Batsto River
- Batsto Village
- Campgaw Mountain
- (tributary of South Branch Raritan River)
- Cheesequake (part of Old Bridge Township) (Lenape: Chiskhakink[1])
- Cheesequake State Park
- (tributary of the Manumuskin River in Cumberland County)
- Chingarora Creek
- Cinnaminson Township
- Cohansey River
- Cohansey Township
- Communipaw
- Conaskonk Point (part of Union Beach) (Lenape: Kwënàskunk[1])
- Crosswicks
- Crosswicks Creek
- Croton (part of Delaware Township)
- Cupsaw (part of Ringwood)
- Cushetunk Mountain
- Espanong (part of Jefferson Township)
- Hackensack
- Hakihokake Creek (tributary of Delaware River in Hunterdon County)
- Hoboken (Lenape: Hupokàn[1])
- Hockhockson (part of Tinton Falls)
- Ho-Ho-Kus
- Hopatcong
- Lake Hopatcong
- Iosco (part of Bloomingdale)
- Kittatinny Mountains (Lenape: Kitahtëne[1])
- Lamington
- Lamington River
- Loantaka Brook
- Lockatong Creek
- Locktown (part of Delaware Township)
- Lopatcong Township
- Luppatatong Creek
- (tributary of Delaware River in Cumberland County) (Lenape: Mèkënipèk[1])
- Machesautauxen Creek, alternate name for the (tributary of Mullica River)
- Macopin
- Mahoras Brook
- Mahwah
- Manahawkin
- Manalapan Township
- (stream in Ocean County)
- Manasquan
- Manasquan River (Lenape: Mënàskunk[1])
- Manantico Creek
- Mannington Creek
- Mannington Township
- Mantoloking
- Mantua Township
- Manumuskin River
- Manunka Chunk (location on the border of White Township and Knowlton Township) (Lenape: Mënànkahchunk[1])
- (river island in the Delaware River)
- Matawan
- Matchaponix Brook
- Metedeconk River
- Metuchen
- (tributary of the Manasquan River in Monmouth County)
- Minisink
- Mount Mohepinoke (located on the border of Liberty Township and White Township)
- Moonachie
- Moosepac Pond (located in Jefferson Township)
- Muksukemuk, native name for Deep Voll Brook
- (a tributary of the South Branch Raritan River via in Hunterdon County)
- Musconetcong Mountain
- Musconetcong River
- (tributary of the Maurice River in Cumberland County)
- (tributary of the Batsto River via in Burlington County)
- Musquapsink Brook
- (tributary of the Mullica River in Atlantic County)
- Nantuxent Creek
- Navesink
- Navesink River
- Nescochague Creek
- Neshanic
- Neshanic River
- Netcong
- Nishisakawick Creek and (tributaries of the Delaware River in Frenchtown, Hunterdon County)
- (tributary of the Salem River in Salem County)
- (tributary of the Second River in Essex County)
- (tributary of the Rahway River in Union County)
- (part of Sandyston Township)
- alt. Normanock Brook (tributary of Big Flat Brook in Sandyston Township, Sussex County)
- Nummytown (part of Middle Township)
- Old Tappan
- Oranoaken Creek
- Packanack Lake
- Packanack Mountain
- Pahaquarry Township
- Papakating Creek
- Paramus
- Parsippany
- Pascack Brook
- Pascack Valley
- Passaic
- Passaic County
- Passaic River
- (tributary of Great Egg Harbor in Atlantic County)
- (tributary of the Hackensack River via Cromakill Creek in North Bergen, Hudson County)
- Peahala Park (part of Long Beach Township)
- Peapack-Gladstone
- Peckman River
- Pennsauken Township
- Pennsauken Creek
- Pequannock
- Pequest River
- Perth Amboy
- Picatinny Arsenal
- Piscataway Township
- Pochuck Creek
- Pochuck Mountain
- Pohatcong Creek
- Pohatcong Mountain
- Pohatcong Township
- Pompeston Creek (tributary of the Delaware River in Burlington County)
- Pompton Lakes
- Pompton Plains
- Pompton River
- Pompton Township
- (tributary of the Delaware River in Warren County)
- Preakness
- Preakness Range
- Rahway
- Rahway River
- Ramapo Mountains
- Ramapo River
- Rancocas Creek
- Raritan
- Raritan Bay
- Raritan River
- Raritan Township
- Repaupo (part of Logan Township)
- Rockaway[citation needed]
- Rockaway Creek[citation needed]
- Rockaway River[citation needed]
- Rumson
- Sanhickan, native name for the falls of the Delaware River at Trenton
- Secaucus
- Shabakunk Creek, West Branch Shabakunk Creek, and
- Shamong Township
- (tributary of Toms River in Ocean County)
- (feeder stream of the D&R Canal in Mercer County)
- Sicomac
- Singac (part of Little Falls)
- South Amboy
- Squankum (part of Howell Township and also the original name of Williamstown)
- Succasunna
- Mount Tammany
- Tantomwom, the native name for Long Hill.
- Teaneck
- Totowa
- Towaco
- Tuckahoe (Lenape: Takeho[1])
- Tulpehocken Creek
- Upper Pohatcong Mountain
- alt. Waycake Creek (tributary of Raritan Bay in Monmouth County –its name is given to the Waackaack Rear Range Light)
- Wagaraw Brook
- Wagaraw Mountain
- Walpack Township
- (tributary of Shrewsbury River in Monmouth County)
- Wanamassa
- Wanaque
- Wanaque River
- Watchung
- Watchung Mountains
- Warinanco Park
- Watnong Mountain (located in Parsippany-Troy Hills)
- Watsessing Park
- Watsessing River
- (located in Montville Township)
- Wawayanda Creek
- Wawayanda Mountain
- Wawayanda State Park
- (tributary of Matchaponix Brook in Monmouth County)
- Weehawken
- Weehawken Cove
- Weequahic
- Weequahic Park
- (tributary of Matchaponix Brook via in Monmouth County)
- Wenonah
- (tributary of the Mullica River in Burlington County)
- Westecunk Creek
- Whippany
- Whippany River
- Wickatunk (part of Marlboro Township) (Lenape: Wikwètunk[1])
- Wickecheoke Creek
- (located in Ringwood)
- Yantacaw Brook (tributary of the Third River in Montclair, Essex County)
- Yantacaw Brook Park
See also[]
- Toponymy of Bergen, New Netherland
- Etymologies of place names in Hudson County, New Jersey
- List of place names in New York of aboriginal origin
- List of place names in New England of aboriginal origin
Bibliography[]
- Beauchamp, William Martin (1906). Aboriginal place names of New York. New York State Education Department, New York State Museum.
- Bright, William (2004). Native American Place Names of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
- Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Ruttenber, Edward Manning. History of the Indian tribes of Hudson's River: their origin, manners and customs, tribal and sub-tribal organizations, wars, treaties, etc., etc. J. Munsell, (1872)
- Hutchinson, Viola L. (May 1945). The Origin of New Jersey Place Names (PDF). New Jersey Public Library Commission.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l "Lenape Talking Dictionary". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
External links[]
Categories:
- Native American history of New Jersey
- Lists of United States placename etymology
- Native American toponymy