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- The tract purchased by Jonas Bronck, a Swedish immigrant, in 1639 lay between the Harlem River and the river that came to be called "Bronck's river".
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It’s because the borough is named after the Bronx River and the river was named for a man born in far-off Sweden. In 1639 Jonas Bronck arrived in the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam and purchased from the local Native Americans some 500 acres of land on the east side of the Harlem River below the line of present-day East 150th Street.
Jonas Bronck (alternatively Jonas Jonsson Brunk, Jonas Jonasson Bronk, or Jonas Jonassen Bronck) (around 1600 – 1643) was a settler in the Dutch colony of New Netherland after whom the Bronx River, and by extension, the county and New York City borough of the Bronx are named.
In 1639, a Swedish sea captain named Jonas Bronck sailed from the Netherlands with his wife, some domestic servants, and a number of other emigrants to New Amsterdam—still 25 years away from...
Jun 26, 2024 · The Bronx River, which flows through the borough, was also named after this Swedish-born immigrant. The Bronx’s Indigenous Name: From Rananchqua to Jonas Bronck. Long before the arrival of European settlers, the Native Americans referred to the land that is now the Bronx as “Rananchqua.”
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The Bronx River (/ b r ɒ ŋ k s /), is a river that is approximately 24 miles (39 km) long, [4] and flows through southeastern New York in the United States and drains an area of 38.4 square miles (99 km 2). [4] It is named after colonial settler Jonas Bronck.
Jun 7, 2015 · As we kick off a special series called "What's in a Name?" taking a look at how many neighborhoods and streets came to be, NY1's Erin Clarke starts with how the Bronx got its name. It all started...
Aug 28, 1987 · The name of the wealthy family was Bronck (sometimes spelled Bronk). The clan’s patriarch, Jonas, settled on 500 acres north of the Harlem River in 1639 and promptly affixed his surname to various features of the local geography, notably the Bronx River.
