Place:Long Valley, Morris, New Jersey, United States

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NameLong Valley
Alt namesDutch Valleysource: Mortimer Journal 1798
German Valleysource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS34003983
TypeCensus-designated place
Coordinates40.787°N 74.776°W
Located inMorris, New Jersey, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Old Stone Union Church Cemetery
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Long Valley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Washington Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. Once known as German Valley from its foundation during the colonial era, the community was renamed in response to anti-German sentiment during World War I. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's population was 1,879.[1]

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In 1700s it was referred to as Dutch Valley, a corruption of the German word "Deutsch" meaning German. (see Mortimer, Benjamin. 1798. Journal. In: Wallace, P. A. W. (ed.) Thirty thousand miles with John Heckewelder. 1958. Pittsburgh University Press, Pittsburgh p. 407.)

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