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loeborg t1_j5ysgvl wrote

Reply to comment by Bklyn78 in What town in Connecticut is best to live in when driving to Jersey City,NJ? by Shoddy_Restaurant_34

I don’t know how much truth there is to it but Native Americans went to buy rum. That’s what I’ve always heard.

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rogerworkman623 t1_j613xhe wrote

I looked this up and you’re pretty much right. The area is named after the river, but the river was changed from the Armonck River to the Byram River because Native American fur traders would approach merchants on the river with the phrase “buy rum”. Source: the county archives, according to this article

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