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===Early history=== The origin and meaning of the name "Teaneck" is not known, but speculation is that it could come from various Dutch or English words, or it could be Native American in origin, meaning "the woods".<ref>[http://www.teaneck.org/virtualvillage/teaneck1895-1970/pieceofland.html A Piece Of Land Becomes A Town] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012124649/http://www.teaneck.org/virtualvillage/teaneck1895-1970/pieceofland.html |date=October 12, 2008 }}, text of article from ''The Teaneck Shopper'', October 21, 1970. "According to a Lenape-English dictionary compiled by Moravian missionaries to further their work among the Indians, "'Tekene'" meant woods, or uninhabited place. 'Nek"' was the plural of 'Ne', thus the word could have been 'Tekenek' or simply 'The Woods'. The Dutch, who Hollandized so many Indian place names, would quite naturally have spelled it "'Tiene Neck' or tiny neck."</ref> An alternative is from the [[Dutch language|Dutch]] "Tiene Neck" meaning "neck where there are willows" (from the Dutch "tene" meaning willow).<ref name=DutchDoor/> The earliest uses of the word "Teaneck" were in reference to a series of [[Lenape|Lenni Lenape]] [[Native Americans of the United States|Native American]] camps near the ridge formed by what became Queen Anne Road. Chief [[Oratam]] was the leader of a settlement called "Achikinhesacky" that existed along [[Overpeck Creek]] in the area near what became Fycke Lane.<ref name=History>[http://www.teanecknj.gov/Teaneck-History/ A History of Teaneck] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219040619/http://www.teanecknj.gov/Teaneck-History/ |date=2013-12-19 }}, Township of Teaneck. Accessed December 17, 2013.</ref> A neighborhood variously called East Hackensack or New Hackensack was established along a ridge on the east bank of the [[Hackensack River]], site of a Native American trail that followed the river's path along what is now River Road, with the earliest known buildings constructed dating back as far as 1704. Other early European settlements were established along what became Teaneck Road, which is the site of a number of [[Dutch people|Dutch]] stone houses that remain standing since their construction in the 1700s, several of which have been added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=Looking>Griffin, Robert. [http://www.teaneck.org/virtualvillage/Centennial/teaneckhistory.htm "Looking Back on the History of Teaneck"], Teaneck Public Library. Accessed October 1, 2009.</ref>
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