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History. 17th and 18th centuries. The village was founded in 1652 in the Dutch colony of New Netherland (Nieuw Nederland) by English Puritans from Connecticut and Massachusetts. They named it Middelburgh ('Middleburgh') after the capital of the Dutch province of Zeeland, which had been a refuge of Puritans fleeing religious persecution in England.
26 Ιουν 2019 · Elmhurst is a complicated neighborhood in western Queens. It has come a long way since troubles in the 1980s, even longer since its colonial founding in the 1650s. Elmhurst is the thriving region of multifamily homes, and co-op and apartment buildings.
24 Ιουν 2002 · ELMHURST, Queens. June 24, 2002. Early British colonists in Maspeth were chased out by angry Native Americans, and found themselves where Queens Boulevard meets Broadway today. There they met a possibly more implacable foe…the Dutch, who had this thing about naming places in Dutch, and the Brits were forced to call their new settlement ...
4 Μαΐ 2016 · The History For more than 300 years Elmhurst was known as Newtown. In the late 19th century, it was renamed as developers sought to distance it from Newtown Creek, a fetid estuary on the Queens...
HISTORY. The village was established in 1652 by the Dutch as Middenburgh (Middleburgh) and was a suburb of New Amsterdam (Nieuw Amsterdam) in New Netherland (Nieuw Nederland). The original European settlers of Elmhurst were from the nearby colony of Maspat (now called Maspeth), following threats and attacks by local native Americans.
Experience the history of Elmhurst through an innovative, award-winning exhibit that takes visitors on a journey of discovery exploring how the city has changed and grown over the past 165+ years.
10 Μαΐ 2010 · Established in the early 1600s, Elmhurst was the first town in the county of Queens. Originally a Dutch settlement called Middleburg, it was the first town that became successful and was not abandoned (Queens).
