Answers – How Jersey Shore Towns Got Their Names
Yesterday we gave you some clues to the origin of some town names at the Jersey Shore. Today, we find out if you got them right.
Here are the clues we gave yesterday, along with the correct answer.
1) Which Jersey Shore town’s name literally means “frog ground” or “sand place”?
Answer...Mantoloking
(2) One story about the name of this town is that it was originally named after tobacco or a type of cigar, but ultimately got it’s name from a popular Inn in town. Which Jersey Shore town is it?
Answer...Avon By The Sea
(3) Which Jersey Shore town’s name comes from a combination of Native American words for “island, “wife” and “stream”?
Answer...Manasquan
Thanks for all the guesses. Hope you got them right!
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