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Scudders Falls
Scudders Falls is an area of whitewater rapids on the Delaware River between Ewing Township, New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey and Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania, Lower Makefield, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is popular with local whitewater enthusiasts. History Scudders Falls derives its name from Richard Betts Scudder, who according to the Long Island Genealogy Surname Database, died in 1754 at "Scudder's Falls, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Hunterdon County." (This portion of Mercer County, New Jersey, Mercer County was part of Hunterdon County until 1838.) One of Richard Scudder's ancestors from Kent, England was named Henry Skudder. The ''k'' in the surname apparently became a ''c'' at some point in time, helping to give the falls its name. The apostrophe was dropped by the United States Board on Geographic Names, which has deleted apostrophes from official geographic place names in all but five instances, hence the current name "Scudders Falls." The falls lend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewing Township, New Jersey
Ewing Township is a township in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township falls within the Trenton- Princeton metropolitan statistical area (which includes all of Mercer County), which is part of the New York combined statistical area as defined by the United States Census Bureau. It borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is part of the Federal Communications Commission's Philadelphia Designated Market Area.Philadelphia Market Area Coverage Maps . Accessed December 28, 2014. As of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
