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Mount Laurel Township: A Brief History Mount Laurel Township is a mid-sized town of about 40,000 people in Burlington County, New Jersey; the county sits on the southern side of New Jersey's "crook," and the township lies on the northwestern side of the county. It was officially named a township by the state legislature on March 7th, 1872, but its history certainly precedes this recognition by the state. From Choctaw to King Cotton: The State of Mississippi Like those of much of the rest of the Americas, Mississippi's earliest inhabitants predate recorded history. We know little about the first Mississippians, except that they settled along the river--from which the state derives its name, it simply meaning, "Great River." Land of the Downriver People: The State of Arkansas name "Arkansas," is derived from the French interpretation of a Quapaw word which means either, "land of the downriver people," or, "people of the south wind."

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Mount Laurel Township: A Brief History
Mount Laurel Township is a mid-sized town of about 40,000 people in Burlington County, New Jersey; the county sits on the southern side of New Jersey's "crook," and the township lies on the northwestern side of the county. It was officially named a township by the state legislature on March 7th, 1872, but its history certainly precedes this recognition by the state.
From Choctaw to King Cotton: The State of Mississippi
Like those of much of the rest of the Americas, Mississippi's earliest inhabitants predate recorded history. We know little about the first Mississippians, except that they settled along the river--from which the state derives its name, it simply meaning, "Great River."
Land of the Downriver People: The State of Arkansas
name "Arkansas," is derived from the French interpretation of a Quapaw word which means either, "land of the downriver people," or, "people of the south wind."