Talk:Perth Amboy, New Jersey

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New Jersey is the best town on the wold My name is Mario, i am from portugal and a love Perth Amboy

Mario, New Jersey é um estado, não uma vila. (Translation: Mario, New Jersey is a state, not a town.) Nelson Ricardo 16:51, Jan 8, 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] There are a lot of Portuguese people

Indeed, perhaps you can work that into the article. Nelson Ricardo 16:51, Jan 8, 2005 (UTC)

Why was all the historical information delected from this article? "elbow of land"? because it's wrong; Perth is from Perth, Scotland. yea martinez


Just to set the record straight, the name "Perth" came from the Earl of Perth, not from Perth, Scotland. My source for this information is the City of Perth Amboy website located at: http://www.ci.perthamboy.nj.us/html/city_history.html


[edit] The Demographics make no sense

In 2000, 27.79% of Perth Amboy residents identified as being of Puerto Rican ancestry, the fifth highest concentration of Puerto Ricans on the U.S. mainland[1]. In 2000, 18.81% of Perth Amboy residents identified themselves as being of Dominican ancestry, the third highest concentration in the country of Dominicans in the United States after Haverstraw, New York and Lawrence, Massachusetts[2]. However due to the increasing immigration of Dominicans since the 2000 census and the likely number of Dominicans in the U.S. illegally who were not counted, the actual percentage of Dominicans in Perth Amboy is estimated in 60 percent. [citation needed]

I think you mean percentages there is no way that the information i marked in bold is correct.

They may well overlap; but I don't see why the information bolded is obviously impossible. The last sentence is unsourced speculation, and I removed it. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 18:45, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
The stat is about percentages. Obviously if you were looking at raw numbers, the biggest cities would have the most of almost every ancestry group and it'd be a worthless stat. Also, if you're thinking that Perth Amboy Puerto Rican and Dominican populations really aren't anything special, if you get out of the NY area, there really aren't that many. They're mostly confined to the Northeast and Florida (although they are moving out to places like Lancaster, they're not all over the Midwest or West Coast yet). Passdoubt | Talk 19:24, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
The two statements regarding percentages of Puerto Rican and Dominican ancestry are directly derived from the sources provided. The rankings are based on percentage of population in communities where at least 1,000 residents identified their ancestry. There may well be communities that have higher absolute numbers of Puerto Rican or Dominican residents, but that's not what is being indicated. The statement re changes since 2000 and illegal residents is entirely unsupported and will be removed. Alansohn 19:31, 5 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Etymology of "Perth Amboy"

Can somebody provide the etymology of the name? That should be in the article. Jrdx 16:49, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, Dial Press, 1924 ed. Samuel Thornley, online version at http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/lhbtnbib:@field(TITLE+@od1(The+journal+of+Nicholas+Cresswell,+1774-1777+))

"This City (for it is called a City), tho' it does not contain more than 200 Houses mostly built of wood, is the capital of East New Jersey and was called Perth Amboy from its first founder, the Earl of Perth, who was once proprietor of East New Jersey, but surrendered his right to the Crown in 1737. I believe it never was a place of any trade, tho' very conveniently situated for it. There is a fine safe and commodious harbour and within sight of the Sea, but very few Rivers of any consequence empty themselves into it, which perhaps may be the reason why they have no trade here. The City is very handsomely laid out in Hundred acres of land and contains 150 Lots or squares for building upon. There is one Church, a Meeting House. The Courthouse is a good brick building and the Governor's house is an elegant stone building, said to have cost £4000." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Charta (talk • contribs) 10:39, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV Flag

Last several paragraphs in History section read like a promotional brochure at points, rather than history. Needs some editing and cleaning up (e.g., "slightly passing or failing," "a cop on every corner") to maintain neutral tone and Wikipedia standards. Thanks.