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Place	Classification	County	Derivation
Pacack	Br	Su	See Passaic
Packanack	L	Pa	Sub-tribe, Pequannuc
Pahaquarry	Tp	Wa	Pohoqualin, "end of two ' mountains with stream between" (Tr) or pe'uck, "water hole," qua, "boundary" and onk, "Place" (B)
Paisley	U	Bu	Paisley, Scotland
Palatine	U	Sa	The Palatinate, Germany
Palisades Park	B	Be	For Palisades of Hudson River
Palmyra	B,U	Bu,Ht	Palmyra, Syria, "palm trees" Papakating Cr Su Pasaeck, "valley," kit, "great" (Br) and atn, "hills" (B)
Paramus	B	Be	Peram-sepus, "pleasant stream" (Ru)
Park Ridge	B	Be	Location on a ridge
Parlin	U	Mi	Parlin family
Parsippany	Res	Mr	Sub-tribe, Parsippanong
Parsippany-Troy Hills	Tp	Mr	See above; and Troy, Asia Minor
Parvin	SP	Sa	Silas Parvin, settler
Pascack	Br	Be	See Passaic
PASSAIC	CO,C,R,Tp	Pa,Mr	Pasaeck, "valley" (Br) Patcong Cr At Peck, "Pond" (A) and oak, "`Place" (B)
Paterson; (E) (W)	C	Pa	William Paterson, Gov. 1790-2
Paulina	U	Wa	Paulina, daughter of a Hessian soldier
Paulins Kill	R	Su	Paulina, daughter of a Hessian soldier
Paulsboro	B	Gl	Philip Paul, settler
Paunpeck	Cr	Hu	Ach-poan, "bread" (A) and Pe-auk, "marsh" (B)
Peach Island	Cr	Be	Former peach orchard
Peahala	U	Oc	Kschippehellen, "rushing water" Peapack- Pe, "water" and pack, "roots" (ph)
Peckman	Br	Es	Pakihm, "cranberry" (A)
Pemberton	B,Tp	Bu	James Pemberton, landowner
Penhorn	Cr	Hu	William Pinhorne, landowner, jurist
Pennington	B	Me	Corr. of Pennytown, for its size
Pennsauken	Tp	Ca	William Penn and sauk, "water inlet or outlet" (To)
Penn's Grove	B	Sa	William Penn
Penn's Neck; (Low.)	U,TP	Me, Sa	William Penn
Pennsville	U	Sa	William Penn
Pennypot Branch	S	At	Tavern
Penton	U	Sa	Abner Penton, resident
Pequannock	Tp,R	Mr	Sub-tribe, Pequannuc
Pequest	U,R	Wa,Su	Pequash, "open land" (To)
Perryville	U	Ht	Commodore Perry's victory on Lake Erie
Perth Amboy	C	Mi	Earl of Perth and ompage, "standing or upright" (Ru)
Peter's	Br	So	Peter Stuyvesant
Petticoat	Bg	Bu	Woman ripping up planks to hamper Hessian troops; she fell and her petticoat caught on a nail
Phalanx	U	Mo	North American Phalanx, a co-operative community
Phillipsburg	T	Wa	William Phillips, settler
Phoenix Forge	U	Oc	Rebuilt after fire, rising from its ashes like the phoenix
Picatinny	L	Mr	Peek, "body of water" (Br) and atn "hill" (B)
Picture Rocks		Ht	View of Delaware River attracted artists
Pilesgrove	Tp	Sa	Thomas Pyle
Pimple	Hs	Su	Contour
Piscataway	Tp	Mi	Pisgeu, "dark night" (A) and awa "Place of" (B) for Piscataqua, Me.
Pitman	B	Gl	Rev. Charles Pitman
Pittsgrove	Tp	Sa	William Pitt, friend of Colonists
Plainfield.; (N) (S)	C,B	Un,So,Mi	Resident's estate
Pleasant Grove	U	At	Surroundings
Pleasantville	C	At	Surroundings, by Dr. Daniel Ingersoll
Pluckemin	U	So	Pluckemin, Scotland
Plumstead	Tp	Oc	Clement Plumstead, early proprietor
Pochuck	M	Su	Putschek, "out-of-the-way Place" (Ru)
Pohatcong	Tp,Cr,M	Wa	Pack, "split" (Br), atn, "hills" and sacunk, "stream outlet" (A)
Pointers	U	Sa	Sign to three roads
Point Pleasant; (Beach)	B	Oc	Location on Atlantic Ocean and Manasquan Inlet
Pokono	I	Wa	"Stream between mountains" (Gan)
Polkville	U	Wa	Pres. James K. Polk
Pomona	U	At	Roman goddess of fruits
Pompeston	Cr	Bu	Ach-poan, "bread" (A) and pisaqua, "miry Place" (To)
Pompton	U,R,L	Pa	Sub-tribe
Pophandusing	Br	Wa	Popachgandamen, "to beat" (A) (clothes in washing) and ink, "Place" (B)
Porchtown	U	Gl	John Porch, settler
Port Colden	U	Wa	Cadwalader D. Colden, pres. Morris Canal
Port Elizabeth	U	Cu	Mrs. Elizabeth Bodely, landowner
Port Mercer	U	Me	Mercer County
Port Morris	U	Mr	Morris Canal
Port Murray	U	Wa	Morris Canal official
Port Reading	U	Mi	Philadelphia and Reading RR
Port Republic	C	At	U. S. Republic
Port Warren	U	Wa	Warren County
Potters	Cr	Oc	Thomas Potter, settler and co.
Potters Grove	U	Oc	founder of Universalist church
Preakness	U	Pa	Parekuis, "young buck" (Br)
Princessville	U	Me	Princess Anne, later Queen
Princeton	B,Tp	Me	King William III, Prince of Orange and Nassau
Prospect Park	B	Pa	Section of Brooklyn
Pumptown	U	Mi	Village pump in middle of road

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