Negro Run (New Jersey)

Negro Run is a tributary of Doctors Creek in Monmouth County, New Jersey, in the United States.[1]

Several proposals to change the name have failed, because the name might have been intended to honor fugitive slaves who passed through the area on the Underground Railroad.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Negro Run (New Jersey)
  2. ↑ Nordheimer, Jon (November 3, 1994). "One Man's Campaign To Rename a Creek". The New York Times. Retrieved September 11, 2014.

Coordinates: 40°10′15″N 74°34′44″W / 40.17087°N 74.57886°W / 40.17087; -74.57886


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