Bronx
Details
- Names
Bronx
Bronx, The
- Place Type
- borough
- Description
- Only borough of New York City on the mainland, comprising land northeast of Harlem river and adjacent islands. It was settled by a Dane (acting for the Dutch) Jonas Bronck in 1641; underwent rapid urban development in the first half of the 20th century. Coextensive with Bronx county.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Canby, Historic Places (1984); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
- Born
Ronnie Landfield (American, born 1947)
Gregory Masurovsky (American, active France, 1929-2009)
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