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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.
Jun 24, 2002 · A nearby street doesn’t forget the heritage. One of the first religious buildings in Newtown was the old St. James Episcopal Church at Broadway and 51st Avenue. It is a relic of colonial rule, having been chartered by George III and erected in 1734: it is Elmhurst’s oldest remaining building.
May 10, 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).
Jun 26, 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.
Apr 27, 2009 · Elmhurst has several hundreds of years of history behind it, starting with its British founders in Middleburgh, New Amsterdam, in 1642. The town was first named Middleburgh. The people of the area were originally from Mespat ( Maspeth ). [1]
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May 4, 2016 · 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- Brooklyn...
