by Spixxy on March 22nd, 2004

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How did the town of Trappe get its name?

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  • by patio4it (tumblr) on June 26th, 2009

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    After Trappist, a kind of monk.

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  • by   on December 27th, 2006

     

    In 1717 John Jacob Schrack obtained the land that is now know as Trappe. He built a log house with a cave where he lived and kept an Inn. That Inn was called the Trap.

    I got this info through an email correspondence with a town official.

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