The Bronx

===Use of definite article===
The Bronx is referred to with the [[Article (grammar)|definite article]] as "the Bronx" or "The Bronx", both legally and colloquially.<ref>See, for example, [http://24.97.137.100/nyc/AdCode/Title2_2-202.asp New York City Administrative Code §2–202] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928010445/http://24.97.137.100/nyc/AdCode/Title2_2-202.asp |date=September 28, 2007 }}</ref><ref>See, for example, [http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.bce0fff116ccd007a62fa24601c789a0/ references on the New York City website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528085450/http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.bce0fff116ccd007a62fa24601c789a0/ |date=May 28, 2007 }}</ref> The "County of the Bronx" also takes "the" immediately before "Bronx" in formal references, like the coextensive "Borough of the Bronx". The [[United States Postal Service]] uses "Bronx, NY" for mailing addresses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp |title=ZIP Code Lookup |publisher=[[United States Postal Service]] |quote=Note that the database also does not use punctuation, and other articles (such as ''the'') to improve automated scanning of addresses.}}</ref> The region was apparently named after the [[Bronx River]] and first appeared in the "Annexed District of The Bronx", created in 1874 out of part of [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]]. It was continued in the "Borough of The Bronx", created in 1898, which included a larger annexation from Westchester County in 1895. The use of the definite article is attributed to the style of referring to rivers.<ref>Clarke, Erin [http://www.ny1.com/nyc/bronx/news/2015/06/7/what-s-in-a-name--how--the--bronx-got-the--the-.html "What's in a Name: How 'The' Bronx Got the 'The'"], ''NY1'', June 7, 2015, Retrieved on February 6, 2016.</ref><ref>Steven Hess, "From The Hague to the Bronx: Definite Articles in Place Names", ''Journal of the North Central Name Society'', Fall 1987.</ref> A time-worn story purportedly explaining the use of the definite article in the borough's name says it stems from the phrase "visiting the Broncks", referring to the settler's family.<ref>Rev. David J. Born (who asserts it was a Jakob Bronck and his family who settled there), letter to [[William F. Buckley Jr.]] in [https://web.archive.org/web/20060209041431/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_1_54/ai_81775371 "Notes & Asides"], ''[[National Review]]'', January 28, 2002, retrieved on July 3, 2008.</ref>

The capitalization of the borough's name is sometimes disputed. Generally, the definite article is lowercase in place names ("the Bronx") except in some official references. The definite article is capitalized ("The Bronx") at the beginning of a sentence or in any other situation when a normally lowercase word would be capitalized.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008/pdf/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008-5.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008/pdf/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008-5.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=3. Capitalization Rules|website=gpo.gov|publisher=United States Government Publishing Office|page=29|access-date=July 26, 2016}}</ref> However, some people and groups refer to the borough with a capital letter at all times, such as Bronx Borough Historian [[Lloyd Ultan (historian)|Lloyd Ultan]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Bronx Borough Historian Lloyd Ultan Marks 15 Years in Office |url=http://bronxboropres.nyc.gov/2011/10/26/bronx-borough-historian-lloyd-ultan-marks-15-years-in-office/ |website=The Office of The Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. |access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref> [[The Bronx County Historical Society]], and the Bronx-based organization Great and Glorious Grand Army of The Bronx, arguing the definite article is part of the proper name.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/09/realestate/l-why-the-bronx-865793.html|title=Why The Bronx?|date=May 9, 1993|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 27, 2016}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|last1=Slattery|first1=Denis|title=Bronx residents call on media and city agencies to capitalize 'The Bronx'|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/bronx-residents-feeling-capital-article-1.1799794|website=nydailynews.com|date=May 20, 2014 |publisher=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=July 27, 2016}}</ref> In particular, the Great and Glorious Grand Army of The Bronx is leading efforts to make the city refer to the borough with an uppercase definite article in all uses, comparing the lowercase article in the Bronx's name to "not capitalizing the 's' in 'Staten Island{{'"}}.<ref name=":0" />