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Place	Classification	County	Derivation
Galilee	U	Mo	Biblical city
Gallows	H	Un	Hanging of murderer of Rev. James Caldwell, "fighting parson" of Revolution
Garfield	C	Be	Pres. James A. Garfield
Garret	M	Pa	Garret Society
Genesis	By	CM	First book of the Bible
Georgia	U	Mo	King George III, donor of school land
Gladstone	Br,B	So	W. E. Gladstone, English Prime Minister
Glassboro	B	Gl	Early glass industry
Glen Gardner	B	Ht	Gardner brothers, chair manufacturers
Glen Ridge	B	Es	Ridge in glen formed by Toney's Brook
Glen Rock	B	Be	Large glacial boulder
GLOUCESTER	Co,C,Tp,L	Ca,At	Gloucester, England
Goffle	Br	Pa	Du., "fork" in Indian trail
Good Intent	U	Gl,Ca	Good Intent Woolen Factory
Goose Island Flats		Sa	Wild geese
Goshen	U	CM	Biblical "Land of Goshen"
Gouldtown	U	Cu	Colonial Negro settler
Grandin	U	Ht	Huguenot settler
Grantwood	U	Be	Pres. Ulysses S. Grant
Great Cedar Swamp		CM	Buried cedars
Great Meadows	U	Wa	Large stretch of marshy, fertile land
Great Notch	U	Pa	Opening in Watchung Mountains
Great Piece Meadows		Es	Size of tract
Green	Tp	Su	Ephraim Green, settler
Green Brook	Tp,Br	So	Color of water
Green Village	U	Mr	Dr. Ashbel Green, pres. of Princeton
Greenwich; (E)	Tp	Cu,Gl,Wa	Greenwich, England
Greenwood	L	Pa	Wooded shores
Grenloch	U	Ca	Sc., "green lake"
Griggstown	U	So	Griggs family
Guttenberg	T	Hu	Ger., "good village"

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