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</td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Paisley </td><td>U </td><td>Bu </td><td>Paisley, Scotland </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Palatine </td><td>U </td><td>Sa</td><td> The Palatinate, Germany </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Palisades Park </td><td>B</td><td> Be</td><td> For Palisades of Hudson River </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Palmyra</td><td> B,U</td><td> Bu,Ht</td><td> Palmyra, Syria, "palm trees" Papakating Cr Su Pasaeck, "valley," kit, "great" (Br) and atn, "hills" (B) </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Paramus </td><td>B </td><td>Be </td><td>Peram-sepus, "pleasant stream" (Ru) </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Park Ridge </td><td>B </td><td>Be </td><td>Location on a ridge </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Parlin </td><td>U</td><td> Mi </td><td>Parlin family </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Parsippany </td><td>Res </td><td>Mr </td><td>Sub-tribe, Parsippanong </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Parsippany-Troy Hills </td><td>Tp </td><td>Mr </td><td>See above; and Troy, Asia Minor </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Parvin</td><td> SP</td><td> Sa</td><td> Silas Parvin, settler </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pascack </td><td>Br</td><td> Be </td><td>See Passaic </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> PASSAIC </td><td>CO,C,R,Tp </td><td>Pa,Mr</td><td> Pasaeck, "valley" (Br) Patcong Cr At Peck, "Pond" (A) and oak, "`Place" (B) </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Paterson; (E) (W)</td><td> C </td><td>Pa </td><td>William Paterson, Gov. 1790-2 </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Paulina </td><td>U </td><td>Wa </td><td>Paulina, daughter of a Hessian soldier </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Paulins Kill</td><td> R</td><td> Su</td><td> Paulina, daughter of a Hessian soldier </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Paulsboro </td><td>B </td><td>Gl</td><td> Philip Paul, settler </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Paunpeck </td><td>Cr</td><td> Hu </td><td>Ach-poan, "bread" (A) and Pe-auk, "marsh" (B) </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Peach Island</td><td> Cr</td><td> Be </td><td>Former peach orchard </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Peahala</td><td> U</td><td> Oc</td><td> Kschippehellen, "rushing water" Peapack- Pe, "water" and pack, "roots" (ph) </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Peckman </td><td> Br</td><td> Es </td><td>Pakihm, "cranberry" (A) </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pemberton</td><td> B,Tp </td><td>Bu </td><td>James Pemberton, landowner </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Penhorn</td><td> Cr</td><td> Hu </td><td>William Pinhorne, landowner, jurist </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pennington</td><td> B</td><td> Me </td><td>Corr. of Pennytown, for its size </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pennsauken </td><td>Tp </td><td>Ca </td><td>William Penn and sauk, "water inlet or outlet" (To) </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Penn's Grove</td><td> B </td><td>Sa</td><td> William Penn </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Penn's Neck; (Low.) </td><td>U,TP</td><td> Me, Sa </td><td>William Penn </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pennsville </td><td>U</td><td>Sa</td><td> William Penn </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pennypot Branch</td><td> S</td><td> At </td><td>Tavern </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Penton</td><td> U </td><td>Sa </td><td>Abner Penton, resident </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pequannock </td><td>Tp,R</td><td> Mr </td><td>Sub-tribe, Pequannuc </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pequest</td><td> U,R</td><td> Wa,Su</td><td> Pequash, "open land" (To) </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Perryville</td><td> U</td><td> Ht </td><td>Commodore Perry's victory on Lake Erie </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Perth Amboy</td><td> C</td><td> Mi </td><td>Earl of Perth and ompage, "standing or upright" (Ru) </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Peter's </td><td>Br </td><td>So</td><td> Peter Stuyvesant </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Petticoat</td><td> Bg</td><td> Bu </td><td>Woman ripping up planks to hamper Hessian troops; she fell and her petticoat caught on a nail </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Phalanx</td><td> U</td><td> Mo </td><td>North American Phalanx, a co-operative community </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Phillipsburg </td><td>T </td><td>Wa </td><td>William Phillips, settler </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Phoenix Forge </td><td>U</td><td> Oc </td><td>Rebuilt after fire, rising from its ashes like the phoenix </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Picatinny</td><td> L</td><td> Mr</td><td> Peek, "body of water" (Br) and atn "hill" (B) </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Picture Rocks</td><td> </td><td>Ht </td><td>View of Delaware River attracted artists </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pilesgrove </td><td>Tp </td><td>Sa </td><td>Thomas Pyle </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pimple</td><td> Hs </td><td>Su </td><td>Contour </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Piscataway</td><td> Tp </td><td>Mi</td><td> Pisgeu, "dark night" (A) and awa "Place of" (B) for Piscataqua, Me. </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pitman </td><td>B </td><td>Gl</td><td> Rev. Charles Pitman </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pittsgrove </td><td>Tp </td><td>Sa</td><td> William Pitt, friend of Colonists </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Plainfield.; (N) (S) </td><td>C,B</td><td> Un,So,Mi </td><td>Resident's estate </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pleasant Grove</td><td> U</td><td> At</td><td> Surroundings </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pleasantville </td><td> C</td><td> At </td><td>Surroundings, by Dr. Daniel Ingersoll </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pluckemin </td><td>U </td><td>So </td><td>Pluckemin, Scotland </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Plumstead </td><td>Tp </td><td>Oc</td><td> Clement Plumstead, early proprietor </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pochuck </td><td>M </td><td>Su </td><td>Putschek, "out-of-the-way Place" (Ru) </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pohatcong </td><td>Tp,Cr,M</td><td> Wa </td><td>Pack, "split" (Br), atn, "hills" and sacunk, "stream outlet" (A) </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pointers</td><td> U </td><td>Sa</td><td> Sign to three roads </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Point Pleasant; (Beach)</td><td> B</td><td> Oc</td><td> Location on Atlantic Ocean and Manasquan Inlet </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pokono </td><td>I </td><td>Wa </td><td>"Stream between mountains" (Gan) </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Polkville </td><td>U </td><td>Wa </td><td>Pres. James K. Polk </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pomona</td><td> U </td><td>At</td><td> Roman goddess of fruits </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pompeston </td><td>Cr</td><td> Bu</td><td> Ach-poan, "bread" (A) and pisaqua, "miry Place" (To) </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pompton</td><td> U,R,L</td><td> Pa </td><td>Sub-tribe </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pophandusing </td><td> Br</td><td> Wa </td><td>Popachgandamen, "to beat" (A) (clothes in washing) and ink, "Place" (B) </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Porchtown </td><td>U </td><td>Gl</td><td> John Porch, settler </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Port Colden </td><td>U </td><td>Wa </td><td>Cadwalader D. Colden, pres. Morris Canal </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Port Elizabeth</td><td> U</td><td> Cu </td><td>Mrs. Elizabeth Bodely, landowner </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Port Mercer </td><td>U </td><td>Me </td><td>Mercer County </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Port Morris </td><td>U</td><td> Mr</td><td> Morris Canal </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Port Murray </td><td>U</td><td> Wa </td><td>Morris Canal official </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Port Reading</td><td> U</td><td> Mi </td><td>Philadelphia and Reading RR </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Port Republic</td><td> C </td><td>At </td><td>U. S. Republic </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Port Warren </td><td>U </td><td>Wa</td><td> Warren County </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Potters </td><td>Cr</td><td> Oc </td><td>Thomas Potter, settler and co. </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Potters Grove</td><td> U</td><td> Oc </td><td>founder of Universalist church </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Preakness </td><td>U </td><td>Pa </td><td>Parekuis, "young buck" (Br) </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Princessville</td><td> U</td><td> Me </td><td>Princess Anne, later Queen </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Princeton</td><td> B,Tp</td><td> Me</td><td> King William III, Prince of Orange and Nassau </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Prospect Park </td><td>B </td><td>Pa </td><td>Section of Brooklyn </td></tr><tr valign=top><td> Pumptown</td><td> U </td><td>Mi </td><td>Village pump in middle of road </td></tr> </table> <Center><table bgcolor=blue cellpadding=5> <TR><TD><center> <a href="origintro.shtml">Return To The Origin of New Jersey Place Names Main Menu</a> </center> </td></tr> </table></center> <table bgcolor=black align=center cellspacing=10> <tr valign="top"><td> <center><a href="http://www.cityofjerseycity.org"><img src="/graphics/ferrylampcrop250.JPG"></a></center> <center><a href="http://www.cityofjerseycity.org">Jersey City History Your Ancestors' Story</a></center> </td><td>   </td><td> <center><a href="http://www.welcometoasburypark.com"><img src="/graphics/pcrevcropdim249119.JPG"></a></center> <center><a href="http://www.welcometoasburypark.com">Asbury Park Bruce Springsteen's Jersey Shore Rock Haven!</a></center> </td></tr> </table> <center><a href="http://www.libertystatepark.org"><img src="/images/solyost2170250txt.jpg"></a></center> <center><a href="http://www.libertystatepark.org">The Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and The Central Railroad Terminal Visit Liberty State Park!</a></center> <Center><table bgcolor=blue cellpadding=5> <tr><td> <center>Questions? 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