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Coordinates: 40.723127,-74.057159 The West End is the former name of the only neighborhood in Historic Downtown Jersey City, New Jersey that is entirely west of the New Jersey Turnpike's Newark Bay Extension. ==History== The area of the West End once was divided by a creek (or stream) known as Bergen Creek, Harsimus Creek or Mill Creek. To the east of the creek (approximately where the railroad runs between Grand Street and Wayne Street), was Harsimus Island, corrupted from "''Ashki'muis''", Lenape for "sea maize"〔Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association. Volume 6. The New York State Historical Association, 1906.〕 In 1760, Jacob Prior constructed a tidewater mill at Mill Creek, a tidal creek running through the marshlands separating Harsimus Island from the rest of Bergen Neck. The creek emptied into Communipaw Bay (at the south, to the north it emptied into the Hudson River at the Hoboken border) at Mill Creek Point (formerly called Jan de Lacher's Hoeck or John the Laugher's Hook, after Jan Evertsen Bout, one of the first two European settlers in the area〔"Old Bergen, Chapter VIII", CityofJerseyCity.org, web: (CoJC8 ).〕〔 Article, www.GreenApple.com, 2010, web: (GA770 ).〕), where a dam was built to allow water to enter the creek at high tide, without losing it at low tide.〔"Prior's Mill", NJCU.edu, 2010, web: ( NJCU-Priors ).〕 Mill Creek Point was located near where Pine Street and the railroad tracks are today in Jersey City.〔"Old Bergen, Chapter X", CityofJerseyCity.org, web: (CoJCX ).〕 In 1837, the creek was filled, in order to construct railroad tracks and the following year, Prior's Mill was razed. Decades later, in 1880, the house on the property was razed.〔Prior's Mill http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/P_Pages/Priors_Mill.htm〕 A nearby street named Mill Road remembers Prior's Mill, though there is no sign of the creek today. The mill's former location today is just north of Wayne Street, between Ristaino Circle and the railroad overpass. 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「West End, Jersey City」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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