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Bookmark or Share- How the Bronx Got Its Name - Bronx River AllianceHow the Bronx Got Its Name. By Diogomaye Ndiaye. December 30, 2008. People often wonder why the Bronx, alone of all New York’s boroughs, has “the” as part of its name. 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 ...
- Why Is It Called ‘The’ Bronx? | Mental FlossIn 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...
- A Bronck in the Bronx Gives a Swedish Town a Reason to CheerJonas Bronck’s Swedish heritage has only recently been confirmed. His descendants and dignitaries from Sweden and the United States will travel to Savsjo for the festivities at the Bronck...
- Jonas Bronck - WikipediaJonas Bronck (alternatively Jonas Jonsson Brunk, Jonas Jonasson Bronk, or Jonas Jonassen Bronck) (around 1600 – 1643) was an immigrant to 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.
- On This Day in NYC History, December 3: Jonas Bronck Bought the Bronx ...On December 3rd 1641, Jonas Bronck, a Danish immigrant to New York City, bought about 500 acres of land above Manhattan. According to the Bronx Historical Society, the first settlement is in...
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