Joralemon or Joroleman is a surname. Joralemon Street in Brooklyn, New York was named in 1805 for Teunis Joralemon, the first person to own a brick house in Brooklyn. The classic American mailbox is the Joroleman mailbox, designed in 1915 by a postal employee named Roy J. Joroleman.
Notable people with the surname include:
Dorothy Rieber Joralemon (1893-1987), American sculptor, artist and writer Edgar Eugene Joralemon (1858-1937), American architect Ira Joralemon (1884-1975), American mining engineer and popular science writer Peter David Joralemon, writer on Olmec religion Roy J. Joroleman, designer of the Jorolemon mailbox used in the United States
See also Joralemon Street in Brooklyn, named for Teunis Joralemon Joralemon Street Tunnel, part of the New York Subway 58 Joralemon Street, an 1847 house and since 1907 a subway vent
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