Talk:Monmouth County, New Jersey

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[edit] Monmoth trending Republican?

Are you sure? Bush did recieve a higher percent of the vote in 2004, but then, if you look at the map, EVERY county in New Jersey swung toward the Republicans. That was from a 9/11 boost he recieved in the state. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.170.110 (talk) 23:13, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Origin of name

Currently says: Its name came from a suggestion from Colonel Lewis Morris. He suggested it be named after Monmouthshire, Wales. But the page List of counties in New Jersey says its name comes from "Rhode Island Monmouth Society", with a reference to Origin of New Jersey Placenames, M, which says " Rhode Island Monmouth Society, settlers", implying the first settlers were of this society. That reference also says "This publication was compiled by workers of the Federal Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New Jersey, and was sponsored by the New Jersey State Library Commission." Sounds pretty good, but what do I know? I'll just add a fact tag. Pfly (talk) 04:04, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

• There may be more than one accepted derivation. If the Monmouthshire, Wales theory has a source, both should be listed here. Alansohn (talk) 08:23, 16 December 2007 (UTC)