Cheesequake is an unincorporated community located within Old Bridge Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[2] Cheesequake is located along Route 34, south of Cheesequake State Park.[3][4]

The community's name has been said to be derived from the Lenni Lenape word Cheseh-oh-ke, meaning "upland"[5] or from the word chiskhakink or chickhake, meaning "land that has been cleared."[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Cheesequake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 7, 2015.
  3. ^ Middlesex County (PDF) (Map). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  4. ^ "Aerial view of Cheesequake" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  5. ^ "Cheesequake State Park". NY-NJ-CT Botany. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  6. ^ Nestor, Sandy. Indian Place Names in America, Volume 1, p. 112. McFarland & Company, 2012. ISBN 9780786493395 Accessed March 26, 2018. "The Lenape Indians inhabited this region for more than 6,000 years. Cheesequake is a Lenape word derived from chickhake, meaning 'land that has been cleared.'"
  7. ^ "At the land that has been cleared - Cheesequake, NJ". The Lenape Talking Dictionary. Retrieved December 13, 2023.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesequake,_New_Jersey
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