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Place | Classification | County | Derivation |
Tabernacle | Tp | Bu | Tabernacle built for David and John Brainerd, Indian missionaries` |
Tammany | M | Wa | Chief Tamenend |
Tansboro | U | Gl | A tannery |
Tar Kiln Branch |   | Cu | Pine tar kilns |
Taunton | Ln | Bu | Taunton, Mass. |
Tavistock | B | Ca | English estate of John Gill, settler |
Taylortown | U | Mr | Pres. Zachary Taylor |
Teaneck | Tp | Be | Du., "on a neck" of land |
Telegraph | H | Mo | Semaphore line, N. Y. to Phila. |
Tenafly | B | Be | Du., "on a meadow" or "garden meadow" |
Ten Mile Run | U,S | So | Distance from New Brunswick |
Thorofare | U | Gl | Intersection of several roads |
Three Bridges | U | Ht | Three former bridges over Raritan |
Three Tuns | U | Bu | Tavern |
Timbuctoo | U | Bu | Timbuctoo, Africa |
Tinton Falls | U | Mo | Tintern Manor of Col. Lewis Morris |
Toms River; (S) | U,B | Oc | Capt. William Tom, explorer |
Torn | U | Mr | Du., toren, "tower" |
Totowa | B | Pa | "It is between" (Br) (river and mountain) |
Towaco | U,M | Mr | Sub-tribe, Towakan |
Town Bank | U | CM | Sand bank |
Tranquillity | U | Su | Early church |
Trenton | C | Me | William Trent, landowner |
Tuckahoe | U,R | CM | Tawho-tuckah, "turnip" (Br) |
Tuckerton | B | Oc | Ebenezer Tucker, resident |
Tulpehocken | Cr | Bu | Tulpewe, "turtle" and auken, "land" (Br) |
Turpentine | U | Bu | Colonial turpentine industry |
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