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Pennsauken Township is a township in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, and a suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 35,885,〔〔〔 reflecting an increase of 148 (+0.4%) from the 35,737 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 999 (+2.9%) from the 34,738 counted in the 1990 Census.〔(Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010 ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed July 24, 2012.〕 ==History== Pennsauken Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 18, 1892, from portions of the now-defunct Stockton Township.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 108. Accessed July 24, 2012.〕 The exact origin of the name ''Pennsauken'' is unclear, but it probably derives from the language of the Lenni Lenape people (a Native American group which once occupied the area) from "Pindasenauken", the Lenape language term for "tobacco pouch".〔("Pennsauken: Centuries of growth" ), ''Courier-Post'', October 19, 2006. Accessed April 9, 2015. "Pindasenakun, the early version of the name Pennsauken, means tobacco pouch, according to the Lenape Indians."〕 Alternatively, the "Penn" in the township's name refers to William Penn, while "sauk" is a water inlet or outlet.〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 16, 2015.〕 Pennsauken was home to America's first drive-in movie theater, created in 1933 with the opening of the Camden Drive-In in Pennsauken.〔Strauss, Robert. ("The Drive-In Theater Tries a Comeback; Looking for a Few Hundred Adventurous Moviegoers" ), ''The New York Times'', July 23, 2004. Accessed July 24, 2012. "The nation's first drive-in theater was built by the Hollingshead family along the tawdry Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Pennsauken, N.J., in 1933."〕 It featured the comedy ''Wives Beware'', released in the theaters as ''Two White Arms''. For 50 years, the township was the home to the Pennsauken Mart, a large multi-vendor indoor market, which was closed in January 2006 to make way for a sports arena/conference complex. Most of the vendors moved to the ''Grand Market Place'' in Willingboro Township.〔Strauss, Robert. ("Final Days for the Pennsauken Mart" ), ''The New York Times'', January 8, 2006. Accessed July 24, 2012. "But at the end of the month, Mr. Kramer will be moving his stool, along with the polyester and cotton, the jeans and the shirts, out of Pennsauken for good. The Mart, a downscale 50-year-old shopping barn -- a precursor and perhaps progenitor of the mall culture that came just after it -- is closing, the victim of redevelopment."〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pennsauken Township, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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