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C. A. Nothnagle Log House, built by Finnish or Swedish settlers in the New Sweden colony in modern-day Swedesboro, New Jersey between 1638 and 1643, is one of the oldest still standing log houses in the United States. European colonization of New Jersey started soon after the 1609 exploration of its coast and bays by Henry Hudson.
This is a list of place names in the United States that either are Dutch, were translated from Dutch, or were heavily inspired by a Dutch name or term. Many originate from the Dutch colony of New Netherland .
Bergen was a part of the 17th-century Dutch colony of New Netherland, in what is now northeastern New Jersey. Placenames in most cases had their roots in Algonquian Lenape and Dutch. [1] At the time of European settlement, the area was largely the territory of the Acquackanonk Raritan, Tappan, and Hackensack Native American tribes.
After the surrender of Fort Amsterdam at the tip of Manhattan and annexation of the entire Dutch province by the British in 1664, northeastern New Jersey became part of the proprietary colony of East Jersey. In order to encourage settlement the land was quickly divided and a number of land titles were given or confirmed by the new government.
Pages in category "Ethnic enclaves in New Jersey" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
5th Governor of New Jersey: Paulus Hook: JC Michael Paulez Agent of patroon Michiel Pauw and Dutch West India Company [16] Pavonia: JC Bynne Michiel Reyniersz Pauw: Patroon of first European settlement, latinized version of name meaning peacock PATH, HBLR stations Pavonia Court Pershing Whkn JC John J. Pershing: General of the Armies in World ...
In New Jersey, an extinct dialect of Dutch, Jersey Dutch, was spoken by descendants of 17th-century Dutch settlers in Bergen and Passaic counties, was noted to still be spoken as late as 1921. [99] U.S. President Martin Van Buren, raised in a Dutch-speaking enclave in New York, had Dutch as his native language. [100]
In political geography, an enclave is a piece of land belonging to one country (or region etc.) that is totally surrounded by another country (or region). An exclave is a piece of land that is politically attached to a larger piece but not physically contiguous with it (connected to it) because they are completely separated by a surrounding foreign territory or territories.