How New Egypt Got it's Name
Once upon a time there was a town called Timmon's Mill, located in the geographic center of New Jersey. Cowperthwaite Timmons had ver little education but was endowed with much business ability and owned a lot of land, including his mill along the Oakford Lake.
When you think of Egypt, you think of the Nile, waving palms, and the Pyramids. Recall the Biblical story of Joseph and his interpretations of his Pharoah's dreams. Pharoah told how he had seen in his dream a stalk of corn on which there were seven good and seven bad ears.
Joseph told him his dream meant there would be seven years of good harvest and seven years of famine. On Joseph's advice, Egypt began to store away corn and when a famine came, it had plenty and even supplied outlying countries as well.
The story of Joseph has a direct bearing on how Timmon's Mill became New Egypt. In the early 1700's, Cowperthwaite Timmons, having a great business mind, stocked his bins and storage areas to capacity at the mill because of a few seasons of plentiful crops. Then came a number of seasons when there was a scarcity of rain and crops failed. Soon farmers from near and far came to Timmons for seed corn. In time, all who went to Timmons Mill spoke of going to Egypt, similar to the Bible story. Eventually "New" was added to Egypt.