Perth Amboy, city, Middlesex County, eastern New Jersey, a port on Raritan Bay, at the southern end of Arthur Kill (a channel), and at the mouth of the Raritan River; settled 1683, incorporated 1718. It contains a marina and ship-repair facilities and industries manufacturing petroleum products, chemicals, and steel goods. Points of interest include Saint Peter's Episcopal Church (1722) and the Proprietary House (1764), once the home of the royal governor. Perth Amboy was (1686-1702) the capital of East Jersey colony and alternated with Burlington as the capital of New Jersey province (from 1776, state) from the late 1730s to 1790. The name Amboy is probably derived from a Lenni Lenape Native American term for “elbow of land”; the name Perth honors James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth, an early Scots proprietor in the region. Population 38,951 (1980); 41,967 (1990); 47,303 (2000).Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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