Cheesequake, New Jersey
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Cheesequake is an
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located within Old Bridge Township in Middlesex County, in the
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of
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. Cheesequake is located along
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, south of Cheesequake State Park. The community's name has been said to be derived from the
Lenni Lenape The Lenape (, , or Lenape , del, LĂ«napeyok) also called the Leni Lenape, Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada. Their historical territory inclu ...
word "Cheseh-oh-ke", meaning "upland" or from the word "chickhake", meaning "land that has been cleared."Nestor, Sandy
''Indian Place Names in America, Volume 1''
p. 112. McFarland & Company, 2012. Accessed March 26, 2018. "The Lenape Indians inhabited this region for more than 6,000 years. Cheesequake is a Lenape word derived from chickhake, meaning 'land that has been cleared.'"


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Old Bridge Township, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in Middlesex County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey {{MiddlesexCountyNJ-geo-stub