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Where or what else is like that?
Lynnebrook
Brooklyn is not two names mashed together. When the western tip of Long Island was settled by the Dutch in tn the 1600’s, they named the settlement Breuckelen after the Dutch city
Lynnbrook, , a village in Nassau County was renamed Lynnbrook in 1894 by reversing the two syllables in Brooklyn. It was done because many of its residents cane from Brooklyn
using only first names
Alfred, Maine
Arietta, NY
Colebrook, Connecticut
Fayette, Maine (I had a tante named Fay and another named Ette)
Franklin, Connecticut also one in Mass.
Henrietta, NY
Hopedale, Mass.
Melrose, Mass.
Using a first name and a last name
Lynnfield, Mass
Maxfield, Maine
Brookfield, CT
Bradford, VT
Using 2 last names
Bloomfield, CT (also VT)
Greenfield, NH
Marshfield, Mass.
Northfield, Mass
Northford, CT
Westford, VTLynnbrook, , a village in Nassau County was renamed Lynnbrook in 1894 by reversing the two syllables in Brooklyn. It was done because many of its residents cane from Brooklyn
Interesting fact.
Typo….Arietta is NH, not NY
Bellevernon, PA
Glen Campbell, PA
Glen Hope, PA
Glen Rock, PA
Honey Brook, PACrisfield, MD
Glenarden, MD
Marydel, MD…..my oma’s name was Del
Rock Hall, MD
Greenwood, DE
Frankford, DE
Ellendale, DE
Fawn Grove, PA
Brookneal, VA
Allendale, SCvery. would never have guessed.
Hope Mills, NC
Kitty Hawk, NC
Anna Maria, FL
Mary Esther, FL
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