Re: (erielack) DL&W Place names

[bob gillis <robertgillis_@_verizon.net>]

STEVEZ10_@_aol.com wrote:

>How about Denville?? Anyone know how this town got its name?? I do know that 
>there are many DAnville's, but there is only one DENVILLE in the entire world!
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According to Bridging the Years in Denville, legend has that one of the 
early settlers of the area was a John Den  who had a log house near 
where the present Den Brook entered the Rockaway river.  However there 
is no mention of him in early histories of Morris County.

bob gillis

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