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The Bronx’s appellative history began with Jonas Bronck, an intrepid Swedish settler who didn't even live there for that long.
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Aug 28, 1987 · In 1898 the Annexed District became part of the Borough of the Bronx — presumably still referring to the river. After a while, however, people forgot about the river and began casually referring to the entire borough as “the Bronx.” The use of “the,” in other words, is simply a historical accident. Cecil Adams
Jun 7, 2015 · It all started in 1639 when a Scandinavian, Jonas Bronck, settled in a Dutch colonial province in New Netherland. "When he dies in 1643 at the age of 43, the only thing that...
Dec 30, 2008 · How the Bronx Got Its Name. People often wonder why the Bronx, alone of all New York’s boroughs, has “the” as part of its name. It’s because the borough is named after the Bronx River and the river was named for a man born in far-off Sweden.
Jul 19, 2017 · The Bronx, or as it’s formally called, the Boogie-Down Bronx, has an interesting history. Not just as a borough but also in terms of its names. It wasn’t always the Bronx, so how did we get there?
The Bronx was originally part of Westchester County, but it was ceded to New York County in two major parts (West Bronx, 1874 and East Bronx, 1895) before it became Bronx County. Originally, the area was part of the Lenape 's Lenapehoking territory inhabited by Siwanoy of the Wappinger Confederacy.
Feb 24, 2014 · The road to how the Bronx got its name snakes all the way back to the 1600s, and a man named Jonas Bronck. "Jonas Bronck was a Swedish merchant. He sailed for the Dutch. He came from small...
