Talk:Ramsey, New Jersey

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Notable people[edit]

Weren't The Lumineers originally from Ramsey? Skinsmoke (talk) 02:17, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites both grew up in Ramsey, NJ. 74.105.138.96 (talk) 17:43, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned references in Ramsey, New Jersey[edit]

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Ramsey, New Jersey's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Council":

From Closter, New Jersey: Mayor & Council, Borough of Closter. Accessed April 20, 2015.
From Newark, New Jersey: Government, City of Newark. Accessed April 7, 2015.
From Bergen County Academies: Student Government, Bergen County Academies. Accessed July 16, 2007.
From Allendale, New Jersey: Mayor and Council, Borough of Allendale. Accessed November 30, 2014.
From Fair Lawn, New Jersey: Borough Council - 2014, Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed June 30, 2014.
From Mahwah, New Jersey: Township Council, Township of Mahwah. Accessed March 12, 2015.
From Teaneck, New Jersey: Council, Township of Teaneck. Accessed August 12, 2013.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 23:11, 24 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

History[edit]

Ramsey was not named for Peter Ramsey directly (he is not a notable person beyond happening to reside on land purchased by the Paterson and Ramapo Railroad for a railroad station). The railroad informally called the station stop 'Ramsey's' in the timetable, a commerce district developed around the station, and the town was named for the train station not the farmer. 74.105.138.96 (talk) 17:45, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The source says, "The most important village in the township is Ramsey, so named from Peter J. Ramsey, the original owner of the land. " Sir Joseph ^(talk) 18:24, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The source (NYT) correctly says, "One stop along the way was named Ramsey's, after Peter J. Ramsey, a farmer who sold the land for the station to the railroad". The informal name of the railroad stop became the name of the Borough, it is not named in honor of the 19th century farmer. 71.169.72.3 (talk) 19:39, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]