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It got its name from a Swedish farmer who lived there, named Jonas Bronck. As the Bronx at that time was nearly completely uninhabited except for Jonas Bronck and his family and his livestock, visitors who went there would say, "We're going to the Bronck's farm" like you would say, "We're going to the Mulligan's house." Later the name was shortened to the Bronx instead of the Bronck's.

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The Bronx, New York got its name from Jonas Bronck. Jonas Bronck was born in Sweden but was a Dutch captain who came to New Netherland in the early seventeenth century. He was the first recorded settler in the area.

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Henry Hudson and his crew stayed in the Bronx area during his travels beginning in 1609. The Bronx is named after Dutch immigrant Jonas Bronck who owned a large section of land there.

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Bronk's farm.

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Jonas Bronck

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