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A quick search revealed that the city was named by Colonel John Stevens, and was based on a Lenape Indian tribal name for "land of the tobacco pipe" referring to soapstone collected there.
There is also a Hoboken that was annexed by Belgium, which was previously in the Netherlands, so some say it could originate from that name.
Its Dutch , along with parts of JC. NJ and the Northeast are very European named. Look at some Philly suburbs and Boston suburbs , Dutch , Belgian , Hungarian.
Strange to drive thru Belgium and see a big green sign for Hoboken.
There are so many Dutch words that are used in our language. Architecture, places and roads in our state link back directly to the first Dutch settlers.
Here are some excerpts from two different sites. The 2nd site is a NJ state site.
"In 1743 a definitive dividing line was finally accepted by the Crown, severing conflicting Quaker claims by placing all Jersey Quaker communities in West Jersey. But the proprietary-patentee conflict continued unabated. The dividing line demarking East Jersey ran southeast from Sussex County's Delaware River border diagonally across New Jersey to Tuckerton in what is now Ocean County. East Jersey then encompassed rural, mostly English Sussex and Morris Counties; Dutch-dominated Bergen and Somerset Counties; the Puritan-settled towns of Newark and Elizabeth in populous Essex County; and the mixed populations of the original Middlesex and Monmouth Counties to the south."
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most of the town names in northern NJ are Lenape words/phrases...
I always thought Ho-ho-kus was the most hilarious town name known to man. Then I went to the Poconos last year and saw "Buttzville" on the way up.
A little closer to me, the ten different variations of "Egg Harbor" are also pretty funny. I'd love to research the story behind that name some day. I'm sure it's out on the Internet somewhere.
I always thought Ho-ho-kus was the most hilarious town name known to man. Then I went to the Poconos last year and saw "Buttzville" on the way up.
A little closer to me, the ten different variations of "Egg Harbor" are also pretty funny. I'd love to research the story behind that name some day. I'm sure it's out on the Internet somewhere.
It's because there were lots of eggs to be found there because of the waterfowl. Really. To sailors who had been eating dried bread and preserved meat for a couple of months, fresh eggs were a big thrill.
Checked with my friend from Belgium who lives near Hoboken. 'Ho' means high, and the modern translation of 'boken' is 'beeches' as in beech trees.
So I guess Hoboken reminded the Dutch of Hoboken because of the large beech trees.
She also mentioned Hoboken gets a lot of razzing from the Dutch just as as seen in this post with re to Hoboken.
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Joking! lol I have no idea how it got it's name but I'm sure its not too hard to find out.
high beeches
