In New Jersey, however, twenty miles from New York City, was a "Craneville" to which much mail matter, intended for this Craneville, went. This caused constant annoyance.

Another change of name was agitated. According to the fertile mind of some ripe scholar, the thought of "Iron City" was to be expressed in euphonious Greek, and the town called "Sideropolis."

Application had actually been made to the Postmaster General in 1845, to have the post-office name changed from Craneville to Sideropolis; but for some unexplained reason the change was never made.

Owen Rice, chief at the Lehigh Crane Iron Works, wrote deeds for many people in and about town. Through these services, he learned from drafts made as early as 1735, and from later drawings, that the creek flowing along the eastern and southern limits of the town was called "Cattosoque." In the dialect of the Lenni-Lanape tribe of the Indians who first inhabited this section of country, it was named "Gattoshoci," which is said to mean wants rain. Others defined the term as signifying dry or burnt ground, and, as sinking waters. The word Lecha (Lehigh) is of similar origin.