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Place	Classification	County	Derivation
Lahaway	Cr	Mo	See Rockaway
Lafayette	Tp	Su	Marquis de la Fayette
Lake	U	Gl	Methodist church
Lakehurst	B	Oc	Location near two lakes and pine woods
Lakewood	Tp	Oc	Location near two lakes and pine woods
Lambert's Mill	P	Un	Simeon Lambert, distiller
Lambertville	C	Ht	John Lambert, U. S. Sen. 1809-15
Lamington	U,R	So	Allami, "within" (A), atn, "hills" and onk, "Place" (B)
Landis	Tp	Cu	Charles K. Landis, promoter
Landisville	U	At	Charles K. Landis, promoter
Lanoka Harbor	U	Oc	Formerly Lanes Oaks, for George Oaks, resident
Lansdowne	U	Ht	Lansdown, England
Laurel Springs	B	Ca	Medical springs in laurel grove
Lavallette	B	Oc	Rear Adm. Elie A. F. Lavallette, War of 1812
Lawnside	B	Ca	Lawn beside RR station
Lawrence	Tp	Cu,M	Capt. James Lawrence, "Don't give up the ship"
Lawrenceville	T	Me	Capt. James Lawrence, "Don't give up the ship"
Lebanon	B,SP	Ht,Bu	Mt. Lebanon, Palestine
Leeds Point	U	At	Daniel Leeds, West Jersey surveyor-general
Leesburg	U	Cu	Lee brothers, shipbuilders
Lenape	L	Su,At	Indians inhabiting New Jersey
Leonardo	U	Mo	Henry and James Leonard, first ironmasters in N. J.
Leonia	U	Be	Coined from Fort Lee
Liberty	Tp	Wa	Separation from Hope Township
Libertyville	U	Su	Outcome of Revolution
Lincoln Park	B	Mr	Pres. Abraham Lincoln
Lincroft	U	Mo	Anglo-Saxon, "small field of flax"
Linden	C	Un	Trees brought from Germany
Lindy	L	Pa	Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
Little Falls	Tp	Pa	Lesser falls of Passaic River
Little Ferry	B	Be	Colonial ferry
Little Silver	B,R	Mo	Payment to Indians, or appearance of quiet water
Little York	U	Ht	Road to New York
Livingston	Tp	Es	William Livingston, Gov. 1776-90
Loantica	Br	Mr	Low"n, "winter" (A) and tic, "creek" (B)
Loch Aibour	U	Mo	Lochaber, Scotland
Lochiel	Br	Oc	Estate of Lord Niel Campbell
Lockatong	Cr	Ht	L'eckwa, "sand," atn, "hills" and onk, "Place" (B)
Locktown	U	Ht	Prob. corruption of Lockatong
Lodi	B	Be	Lodi, Italy
Logan	Tp	Gl	Gen. John Alexander Logan
Long Beach	Tp	Oc	Strip of beach bounding Barnegat Bay
Long Branch; (W)	C	Mo	Long branch of Shrewsbury River
Long House	Cr	Pa	Long log dwelling built by settlers
Longport	B	At	John Long, landowner
Long Valley	U	Mr	Ten-mile length
Lopatcong	Tp,Cr	Wa	Lowan, "winter" (A), peek, "body of water" (Br), achtu, "deer" (A) and onk, "Place" (B) : "winter watering-Place of deer"
Lumberton	Tp	Bu	Colonial lumber industry
Luppacong	Cr	Mo	Variant of Lopatcong
Lyndhurst	Tp	Be	Lord Lyndhurst, friend of landowner

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