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{{short description|Promontory on the Delaware River, United States}}
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}}'''Finns Point''' is a small
The area in Delaware was previously protected as [[Killcohook National Wildlife Refuge]] but is now a confined disposal facility used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.<ref name=":0" />
==17th century==
At the time of European colonization in the 17th century the [[Delaware River]] was known as the South River and the [[Salem River]] was known as Varkens Kill, or Hogg Creek.<ref>[http://www.westjerseyhistory.org/books/salemnames/ ''Placenames of Salem County, NJ''], West Jersey History Project / Salem County Historical Society, 1964. Accessed September 21, 2015.</ref>
Tradition holds that a settlement was first planted by [[Finns]] as part of the colony of [[New Sweden]] in 1638.<ref>{{cite web | title = Seventeenth Century Salem County, New Jersey – 1600 through 1699 | publisher = Salem County Office of Archives and Records Management | url = http://www.salemcountynj.gov/cmssite/downloads/departments/Archives%20Office/TIME%20LINE%20I%201600%20to%201699.pdf |
<ref>{{cite web | last = Dunlap | first = A.R. | author2 = E. J. Moyne | title = The Finnish Language on the Delaware | publisher = Genealogia | url = http://www.genealogia.fi/emi/art/article182e.htm |
<ref>{{cite journal | last = Vuorinen | first = Ask | title = The Delaware Finns | date = December 27, 2012 | url = http://www.askovuorinen.fi/page35.php |
In 1641, a group of 60 settlers (20 families) from the [[New Haven Colony]] (in today's Connecticut) purchased land along the [[Kill (body of water)|kill]]. In 1643, the Governor of New Sweden built [[Fort Nya Elfsborg]], just east of present-day [[Salem, New Jersey]], and allowed the Varkens Kill settlement to remain if they swore allegiance to Sweden.<ref>{{Citation | last = Chandler | first = Alfred N. | title = Land Title Origins: A Tale of Force and Fraud | page =242 | publisher = Beard Books |
In 1651, [[Fort Casimir]] was constructed directly across the river on the west bank of the Delaware and by 1655, the region came under the control of [[New Netherland]], which it remained until 1664 when the English overran the [[Delaware Colony|settlements on the south banks of the Delaware]]. The peninsula on the east banks became [[West Jersey]]. The town at Salem was founded in 1675 by [[John Fenwick (Quaker)|John Fenwick]], a [[Quaker]].<ref name= "Clement (1875)">Clement, John (1875). ''A sketch of the life and character of John Fenwick''. Published by Friends Historical Association. Philadelphia: Henry S. Volkmar</ref><ref name= "Shourds">Shourds, Thomas (1876). "John Fenwick." ''History and genealogy of Fenwick's Colony, New Jersey''. Bridgeton, New Jersey, pp. 3-17 {{ISBN|0-8063-0714-5}}</ref>
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==External links==
* [http://www.genealogia.fi/place/placenje.htm Finnish place name origins] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060127084948/http://www.genealogia.fi/place/placenje.htm |date=2006-01-27 }}
* [http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/index?section=news&id=4874173 Channel 6 Action News (Philadelphia) Special Report on Finns Point] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070305150737/http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/index?section=news&id=4874173 |date=2007-03-05 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040416170110/http://www.users.voicenet.com/%7Ehsimmons/Finn%27s%20Point%20Website/FinnsPointHomePage.htm Finns Point National Cemetery]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040619092003/http://www.gettysburgtourguides.org/Dispatch/ftmott.html Fort Mott]
* [https://archive.org/stream/amersuomalaisten00llmorich/amersuomalaisten00llmorich_djvu.txt Finnish American History (in Finnish)]
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