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Place | Classification | County | Derivation |
Fairfield | Tp | Cu | Fairfield, Conn. |
Fairfield | U | Es | Rich bottom land |
Fair Haven | B | Mo | Remark of ship captain |
Fair Lawn | B | Be | Ackerson estate |
Fairview | B | Be | View across Hackensack valley |
Fanwood | B | Un | Fannie Wood, author |
Farmingdale | B | Mo | Center of farming district |
Federal City | U | Me | Proposal to locate Federal Capital here |
Fenwick | U | Sa | John Fenwick, settler |
Fieldsboro | B | Bu | Field family |
Fillmore | U | Mo | Pres. Millard Fillmore |
Finns Point | U | Sa | Finnish settlers |
Flemington | B | Ht | Samuel Fleming, settler |
Fletcher | L | Mo | Rev. John Fletcher, early Methodist |
Florence | Tp | Bu | Florence, Italy |
Folsom | B | At | Franca Folsom, wife of Pres. Grover Cleveland |
Fort Elfaborg | U | Sa | Fort Elfeborg, Sweden |
Fort Lee | B | Be | Revolutionary fort, for Maj. Gen. Charles Lee |
Four Mills | U | Bu | Tavern |
Foul Rift | U | Wa | Hazardous rapids in Delaware River |
Franklin | Tp,B | Gl So, Wa,Su | Benjamin Franklin |
Franklin Lakes | B | Be | William Franklin. son of Benjamin and last Royal Gov. of N. J. |
Fredon | Tp | Su | Freedom of the Negro |
Frelinghuysen | Tp | Wa | Theodore Frelinghuysen, U. S. Sen. 1829-35 |
Frenchtown | B | Ht | Fugitive from French Revolution |
Friendship | U | Bu | Society of Friends, or Quakers |
Friesburg | U | Sa | Jacob Fries, donor of church site |
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