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| Manhattan Apartment Locator Services : Manhattan Apartments |  | Contents | |
| History |
| The name Manhattan ("hilly island" or
"place of intoxication") is from the Algonquian languages
of the earliest known inhabitants of the area. Legend has it
that the island was purchased from the natives for $24 in beads
and other such trinkets. The island was settled by the Dutch
in 1624. |
| New York County is named in honor of the Duke
of York, later to become the Catholic James II of England, after
whom the City and State of New York were also named. New York
County was an original county of New York State, one of twelve
created in 1683. At the time of creation of New York County,
it was coextensive with Manhattan Island, and occupied the same
area which it occupies today. In 1873, the western portion of
the present Bronx County was transferred to New York County,
and in 1895 the remainder of the present Bronx County was transferred
to New York County. In 1898, when New York City was constituted
as five boroughs, the separate boroughs of Manhattan and of
the Bronx were formed, though both remained within the single
County of New York. In 1914, those parts of the then New York
County which had been annexed from Westchester County were constituted
the new Bronx County, and New York County was reduced again
to its present boundaries. |
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