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Place | Classification | County | Derivation |
Oakland | B | Be | White oak trees |
OCEAN | Co, Tp, C | Oc, CM | Location on Atlantic |
Ocean Gate | B | Oc | Location on Atlantic |
Ocean Grove | B | Mo | Location on Atlantic |
Ockanickon | U | Bu | Chief |
Ogdensburg | B | Su | Robert Ogden, distiller and mine owner |
Old Halfway | U | Bu | Colonial tavern |
Oldman's | Tp | Sa | Corr. of Alderman's |
Old Tappan | B | Be | Sub-tribe, Tappans |
Oldwick | U | Ht | Anglo-Saxon, "old town" |
Ong's Hat | U | Bu | Tavern keeper who painted a hat on his sign, or Ong's slighting a young woman, who flung his hat into a tree |
Oradell | B | Be | Lat., ora, "edge" and dell |
Orange; (E) (S) (W) | C,V,T | Es | King William III, Prince of Orange |
Oranoaken | Cr | Cu | Ocque, "boundary" (B) and nocha, "my father" (A) |
Othello | U | Cu | Shakespeare's play |
Oxford | Tp | Wa | John Axford, settler |
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