Boschoord
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First attested as Kolonie No 7 in 1846. Compound of van den Bosch (a surname) and oord (“place”). The settlement was named after Johannes van de Bosch, a government administrator who promoted the concept of sending the poor and dispossed to work settlements in Drenthe in order to transform them into model citizens. Compare Frederiksoord, Wilhelminaoord and Willemsoord.
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