Sluckup Marker

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Paramus in Bergen County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Sluckup

By Bill Coughlin, June 13, 2008

1. Sluckup Marker

Inscription.
In Revolutionary days this area of Paramus was known by the unusual name of Sluckup. The name was derived from a local legend. A Dutch farmer hung his shirt on a nearby fence while working in his field. When he saw the shirt disappear into the mouth of a cow, he described the shirt as having been “sluck up” by the cow.
Sponsored by
Ridge Ranch Social Club of Paramus

Erected by New Jersey, Bergen County Historical Society. (Marker Number 36.)

Marker series. This marker is included in the New Jersey, Bergen County Historical Society marker series.

Location. 40° 55.836′ N, 74° 3.35′ W. Marker is in Paramus, New Jersey, in Bergen County. Marker is on Spring Valley Road, on the left when traveling south. Click for map. Marker is located in front of the East Brook Middle School in Paramus, NJ. Marker is at or near this postal address: 190 Spring Valley Road, Paramus NJ 07652, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Old Spring Valley Burial Ground (about 800 feet away, in a direct line); Washington Spring (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Washington Spring (approx. 0.4 miles away); Paramus (approx. 1.4 miles away); French Burying Ground (approx. 1.4 miles away); Demarest-Bloomer House (approx. 1.5 miles away); Site of the French Church and Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away); Jacobus Demarest Homestead (approx. 1.6 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Paramus.

Marker on Spring Valley Road Photo, Click for full size

By Bill Coughlin, June 13, 2008

2. Marker on Spring Valley Road

Also see . . .
1. New Jersey, Bergen County Historical Society. (Submitted on June 13, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey.)
2. Washington Spring. "This hollow between the hills was anciently known as Sluckup, but changed to the more poetic Spring Valley in 1832. Sluckup has resisted attempts at interpretation..." (Submitted on June 14, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.)