Editing Perth Amboy, New Jersey (section)

===Name===
The [[Lenape]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] called the point on which the city is built "Ompoge", meaning "level ground"<ref name=NYT2001>Cheslow, Jerry. [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/02/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-perth-amboy-waterfront-city-planning-comeback.html "If You're Thinking of Living In/Perth Amboy; A Waterfront City Planning a Comeback"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 2, 2001. Accessed December 18, 2019. "The ''City by the Bay,'' as Perth Amboy calls itself, has a proud history. Founded in 1683, it was the first city in New Jersey to be chartered by the Crown, in 1718.... The name Perth Amboy comes from the Earl of Perth, one of the proprietors of New Jersey under the royal grant, and the Leni Lenape Indian word 'ompage', meaning 'level ground.'"</ref> or "standing or upright".<ref>[http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf The Origin of New Jersey Place Names], May 1945, p. 26. Accessed December 18, 2019.</ref> When settled in 1683, the new city was dubbed "New Perth" in honor of [[James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth|James Drummond, Earl of Perth]], one of the 12 associates of a company of Scottish proprietors; Drummond has been honored with a statue located outside of city hall.<ref name=CN2018>Makin, Bob. [https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/jersey-history/2018/06/28/walking-guide-perth-amboys-colonial-revolutionary-war-history/735404002/ "Walking guide to Perth Amboy's Colonial, Revolutionary War history"], ''[[Courier News]]'', June 28, 2018. Accessed December 18, 2019. "Outside city hall is a statue of James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth, a Scottish statesmen who partnered with William Penn in the settlement of East Jersey in 1681. In 1683, he and Penn were among the 12 Proprietors who established the city as a port, fishery and trading post. Perth Amboy is named in the Earl’s honor, Amboy being an Anglicizing of the Lenape word for valley, 'ompoge.'"</ref> The [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian language]] name persisted, corrupted to Ambo, or Point Amboy, and eventually a combination of the native and colonial names emerged,  also appearing in [[South Amboy, New Jersey|South Amboy]].<ref name=WPA>Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Project Administration Project for the State of New Jersey [https://books.google.com/books?id=t6wmzEJvTGcC&pg=PA362 ''New Jersey A Guide to Its Past and Present''], p. 362. [[Works Project Administration]], reprinted by US History Publishers, 2007. {{ISBN|9781603540292}}. Accessed August 8, 2014.</ref><ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=26 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 17, 2015.</ref><ref>[[Henry Gannett|Gannett, Henry]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA243 ''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States''], p. 243. [[United States Government Printing Office]], 1905. Accessed September 17, 2015.</ref>