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Place names through the years....
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Names of places tend to change as the years, decades, and centuries go by.
It's a fact of life for local historians and genealogists -- that person so clearly
identified as living in "Sandburgh" in 1873 is found, a century later, to
have lived in "Mountaindale", yet the foundation of their dwelling has not moved one inch!
There are many reasons place names change over time.
Economic development (or lack thereof), international relations, a new industry (or
industrialist) who leaves a permanent mark, ethnic migrations
into or out of the area, the desire to be "modern", governmental fiat,
and sometimes just plain whim are some of them. Interestingly, road names
particularly have been changed in recent years to support the 911 emergency system
-- if two roads in a general area had the same name, one was generally changed to
something different. Behind every place name
change there is a story, and in the stories there are people. To the extent we
can capture those changes now, before the backgrounds of the new names are lost, we
will benefit those who are puzzling over that question 50 or 100 years from
now.
Remember, the fact that a name changed recently does NOT make it
ineligible for this page. In fact, because more people know that road by the
old name, it makes it especially eligible. Please provide input!
There have been plenty of name changes in Sullivan County
over the years, and this page will try to
provide information about all of them we find out about. If we have additional
information about any of these name changes, including the year (or span of years)
in which they happened, we'll be very happy to include that too. If you know about place names in
Sullivan County that have changed over the years that don't appear here yet, you can help us make this page
better by letting us know about it. We will credit all contributors by name
right on this page.
Perhaps the best place to start is with Sullivan County
itself. Sullivan was created from Ulster County, one of New York State's
original counties, in 1809. Thus, to the extent that they existed at all
before 1809, the locations listed in the
sections below were, at the onset, part of Ulster County.
As the
townships in Sullivan County were created from other, preexisting townships, some
of the locations below also changed the township to which they
belonged. For each township, we identify the township from which they
were separated, as well as any townships that were subsequently taken from
them. While there has been some minor adjustment of boundaries between
townships within the County, other than those noted below they have not been
substantial and we have made no particular effort to address them here.
Between the Lakes Group has a CD-ROM available
republishing Child's Gazetteer and Business Directory of
Sullivan County, NY, for 1872-73. Click on the CD-ROM to learn more
about it.
We've also republished Quinlan's
legendary
History of Sullivan County.
to read about that project!
To contact us, just send an e-mail.
to go to the page at this website for sending us e-mail to start with. If
you can provide lots of information about the name change, great!! If all you
can tell us is that the old name was such-and-such, tell us anyway!
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Town of Bethel
The Town of Bethel was formed from the Town of
Lumberland on March 27, 1809. The Town of Cochecton was taken from the
Town of Bethel in 1828. (Child, page 106)
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| What the name was |
What it became |
Notes |
| North White Lake |
Kauneonga Lake |
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| Hurd Settlement |
Hurd School appears on the topographic map
circa 1920. Same place? |
from Child |
| Rock Cabin |
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from Child -- this is a locale in Hurd
Settlement. From Quinlan one gets the impression it is a cave. |
| Fulton Settlement |
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from Child and Quinlan -- noted as an early
settlement in Bethel. |
| Smede's Swamp |
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from Child |
| Mongaup Mill |
Mongaup Valley |
Quinlan notes that the old name was used until
1847. |
| Coopers Corner |
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Located east of Mongaup Valley on the
topographic map circa 1920 |
Town of Callicoon
The Town of Callicoon was formed from the Town
of Liberty on March 30, 1842. The Town of Fremont was taken off from
the Town of Callicoon on November 14, 1851. (Child, page 118)
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| What the name was |
What it became |
Notes |
| Collikoon |
Callicoon |
Child identifies this an an historic spelling
of Callicoon that appears in many early New York State records. Note
that the Village of Callicoon is not located in the Town of
Callicoon. It is located in the Town of Delaware. The only
village in the Town of Callicoon with Callicoon in its name today is
Callicoon Center. (See also the note below on "Beaverkill" in
Callicoon!) |
| Hillside School |
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| Yawn School |
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Sad to think that school was THAT
boring! A family name in the area was Yaun -- perhaps that was the
real name of the school. In any event, "Yawn School" is
what appears on the US Topographic map. |
| Weissman School |
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| Hardenburgh School |
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| Turnpike School |
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| Faubel School |
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| East Hill School |
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| Thurmansville |
Callicoon Center |
per Child, page 121. Quinlan spells it
"Thumansville" and identifies it as the location of a Reformed
church. |
| Wood Settlement |
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identified as a location in Child.
Quinlan notes it as the location of the first visit by a missionary to
Callicoon. |
| Beaverkill |
Callicoon Creek |
Quinlan notes that many streams were referred
to as "Beaver Kill" in the early days because there were many
streams that beavers had built dams in. He notes that the Dutch had
changed the name to "kollikoonkill" and that this had been the
origin of the Callicoon name as well. |
Town of Cochecton
The Town of Cochecton was formed from the Town
of Bethe on March 25, 1828. The Town of Delaware was taken off the Town
of Cochecton on March 1, 1869. (Child, page 129)
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| What the name was |
What it became |
Notes |
| St. Tammany's Flats |
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| Cushetunk (or Cush-u-un-tunk) |
Cochecton |
Child provides the translation: "low
ground" |
| Stevensburgh |
Cochecton Center |
per Child |
| Big Pine Flat |
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Site of drowning of Oliver Calkin in the
Delaware River, per child |
| Cochecton Depot |
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| Old Cochecton Village |
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Child states that this is where settlement
began, about one mile from Cochecton Village at the Erie RR. |
| Tylertown |
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Appears on old topographic maps; no longer
seems to be in existence. |
Town of Delaware
The Town of Delaware was formed from the
Town of Cochecton on March 1, 1869. (Child, page 132)
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| What the name was |
What it became |
Notes |
| Callicoon Depot |
Callicoon |
per Child. Note that Callicoon is NOT in
the town of Callicoon! |
| Hurd |
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| Upper Beechwood School |
Upper Beechwood |
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| Lower Beechwood School |
Lower Beechwood |
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| Beech Wood |
Upper or Lower Beechwood (?) |
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| Pike Pond |
Kenoza Lake |
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The Town of Fallsburgh was formed from the
Towns of Thompson and Neversink on March 8, 1826. (Child, page 136)
Between the Lakes Group has a CD-ROM
available about the Town of Fallsburgh. Click on the CD-ROM to learn
more about it.
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| What the name was |
What it became |
Notes |
| Alto Lake |
Echo Lake |
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| Sandburgh |
Mountaindale |
Sandburgh officially became Mountaindale
(sometimes Mountain Dale) on December 24, 1880, per Manville Wakefield's To
the Mountains by Rail. |
| The Falls, also Neversink Falls, also Old
Falls |
Fallsburgh |
per Quinlan's History, Wakefield's To
the Mountains by Rail, others |
| Fallsburgh |
Fallsburg |
modernized spelling, beginning in 1930s but
not complete until after 1948 at the earliest. Both spellings are
used in the Fallsburg(h) HS FoCuS yearbook for 1948. |
| Lockwood's Mills |
Fallsburgh |
per Quinlan's History |
| Centerville |
Woodridge |
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| Centerville Station P.O. |
Woodridge |
The earlier designation appears on the map
enclosed in Child's Gazetteer (1872) in in the Gazetteer itself. |
| Miller Settlement |
Glen Wild |
per Quinlan |
| Mitchell's Station |
Fallsburgh Station |
per Child |
| Fallsburgh Station |
South Fallsburg |
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| Denniston's Ford |
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This is a crossing of the Neversink near Glen
Wild, where it may have been on the earliest migration path into the town,
and was the site of an early settlement -- per Quinlan |
| Sheldrake |
Loch Sheldrake |
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| Prince's Hollow |
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per Quinlan |
| Hurley Station |
Hurleyville |
This designation appears on the map enclosed
in Child's Gazetteer (1872). |
| Luzon Station |
Hurleyville |
Luzon Station (or simply Luzon) seems to have
been in popular use locally until at least 1914. |
| Schoonmaker Settlement |
Loch Sheldrake |
per Quinlan |
| Gardnerville |
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According to the Sullivan
County Historical Society "Observer", this village was a short distance
east of the Neversink River bridge in Fallsburgh on an 1856 map, and was
the site of a hotel. |
Town of Forestburgh
The Town of Forestburgh was formed from the
Towns of Thompson and Mamakating on May 2, 1837. (Child, page 142)
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| What the name was |
What it became |
Notes |
| Gillman's Station (sometimes Gilman Station or
Gillman Station P.O.)) |
Philwold(?) Merriewold(?) St.
Joseph's Station(?) |
per Child. This was a stop on the
Monticello & Port Jervis R. R. |
| Barnum's Station |
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per Child (on the map it is identified as
"Banum's Station"). Likewise a stop on the Monticello &
Port Jervis R. R. |
| Forest Glen |
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| Hartwood |
? |
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| Oakland |
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Quinlan speaks of the "Oakland
neighborhood" of Forestburgh as having been populated before the
Revolution, It was also the site of a purported oil strike in 1866 --
it proved to be unsuccessful. |
| Handytown |
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Site about 1 1/4 miles south of
"Trotter's" on the Bushkill Creek, settled by one David Handy,
who died in 1814 after living in the wilderness with his family for an
indeterminate period. Quinlan also notes it as the site of a
remarkable spring. |
| Draketown |
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Quinlan identifies this as a part of
Forestburgh settled by several Drake families from New Jersey. |
| Forestburgh Corners |
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Per Quinlan, site of an early mill built by
Jesse Dickinson for William A. Stokes of Philadelphia. |
| Stewartsburgh, also Mongaup Flats |
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Per Quinlan. |
| Fowlersville |
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Located slightly north of Forestburg on the
topographic map circa 1920 |
Town of Fremont
The Town of Fremont was formed from the Town
of Callicoon on November 1, 1851. (Child, page 148)
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| What the name was |
What it became |
Notes |
| Windfall School |
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| Douglass Village, also Douglass
City |
Long Eddy |
per Child. See the note
below on Basket Station. |
| Milesville |
Mileses |
per Child |
| Basket Station |
Long Eddy |
per Child, this was an alternate name to
Douglass Village prior to general acceptance of the Long Eddy name after
the Post Office was named Long Eddy. |
| Hankins, or Hankins Depot |
Fremont |
Per Quinlan |
| Basket-Switch |
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Per Quinlan, the designation
by which Erie RR people knew the northwest corner of Fremont. |
| Shehocton |
Hancock |
Per Quinlan, this location is
actually over the county line. |
| Round Lake |
Lake Florence |
Old name per original topographic
map. |
Town of Highland
The Town of Highland was formed from the
Town of Lumberland on December 17, 1853. (Child, page 150) |
| What the name was |
What it became |
Notes |
| Narrow Falls |
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per Quinlan and Child.
SCHS "Observer" notes it is about a mile above the mouth of the
Lackawaxen river, and was the site of the town's first settlement. |
| Half Way Brook |
Eldred |
Per the SCHS
"Observer" was named Eldred by the first postmaster, C. P.
Eldred, who named the place in honor of his father, James Eldred. |
| Grassy Swamp |
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per Quinlan |
| Round Pond |
Lake DeVenoge |
Old name per original topographic
map. |
| Laurel or Mountain
Laurel |
Yulan |
Per the SCHS
"Observer" the inhabitants wanted to use the "Laurel"
name but were denied by the Post Office department. "Yulan"
is said to be the Japanese word for laurel, however. |
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The Town of Liberty was formed from the Town
of Lumberland on March 13, 1807. The Town of Callicoon was taken off
and a part of the Town of Thompson added in 1842. A portion of the Town
of Rockland was annexed on May 1, 1849. (Child, page 158)
Between the Lakes Group has two CD-ROMs
available about the Town of Liberty. Click on the CD-ROM to learn
more about both of them.
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| What the name was |
What it became |
Notes |
| Blue Mountain, also Blue Mountain Settlement |
Revonah Mountain |
Child identifies this as the initial
settlement in the Town of Liberty. |
| Robertsonville |
White Sulphur Springs |
Changed in 1890, per Delbert E. VanEtten, Town
Historian. Sometimes referred to as
"Robinsonville" q.v. |
| Robinsonville |
White Sulphur Springs |
Probably an error in Child -- identified as
being on the road from Youngsville to Liberty; almost certainly should have
been Robertsonville, q.v. However, the error is also present in
Gertrude A. Barber's 1929 transcription of the Ferndale Free Methodist
Church records; thus we surmise that Robinsonville was used
interchangeably with Robertsonville. |
| Liberty Falls |
Ferndale |
Changed circa 1900 at the behest of the
O&W Railroad due to confusion in mail addresses. |
| Hortonville |
Liberty Falls, then Ferndale (see above) |
Hortonville was an early name for Liberty
Falls, in honor of an early settler named Horton, according to Child. |
| Red Brick; also Red Brick P.O. |
(Post Office closed) |
Former Post Office in general vicinity of
Mountain Drive-in Theater (also closed) on Route 52 |
| Brodhead Pond; also Broad Head Pond |
Revonah Lake |
The Broad Head Pond designation appears on the
map enclosed in Child's Gazetteer (1872). "Brodhead" or
"Broadhead" is a family name applied to the pond in
question. There's no historic basis for the "Broad Head"
(two separate words) designation. The "Revonah" designation was in place by the time
of the Liberty Centennial (1907) as shown by use of the term in the
Centennial booklet. William Cogswell tells us that the pond was
owned by one A.J.D. Wedemeyer, a wealthy German who lived in the United
States. In the 1880s he re-named Brodhead Pond to Revonah Lake, in
honor of his birthplace, Hanover, Germany. (See also the notes on
Wedemeyer Place below). |
| Wedemeyer Place |
Lincoln Place |
Thanks to Bill Cogswell for
this information. A.J.D. Wedemeyer has an elegant house on this
street in Liberty village (in addition to owning much of the top of
Revonah mountain -- see the note on Brodhead Pond above). Wedemeyer,
a German national by birth, is said to have pro-German sympathies, and at
the time of World War I the local populace got up a petition to have name
of Wedemeyer Place changed. Among the names suggested were Victory
Street, Pershing Place, and Lincoln Place. Lincoln Place won out.
Interestingly, the residents did not notice --or remember -- that Revonah
had been named by Wedemeyer around thirty years earlier in honor of
Hanover, Germany. Sullivan County Historian John Conway corroborates
this account, and notes that among other local accomplishments, Wedemeyer
was the builder of the Music Hall, the structure that preceded the Green
Building (until the fire of 1913) at the corner of Main and Chestnut
Streets in Liberty. |
| Stevensville, also Stevensville Pond |
Swan Lake |
Changed in 1927, per Delbert E. VanEtten, Town
Historian |
| Cooley |
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| Lake Ophelia |
(drained before World War II due to silting up) |
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| Pinney's Lake |
Grossinger's Lake |
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| Fox Mountain School |
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| Midway School |
Building may still be present, on Midway Road
between White Sulphur Springs and Youngsville |
Betty DeWitt Coleman notes that the Lesser
Lodge, a "Borscht Circuit" resort of some prominence, was just
east of the old school. Susan Bielefeld relates that when her father
removed the shingles from an old building he had purchased, on the layer
beneath was painted "The Midway School" and
"Bergman". She believes that the school building may have
been used for staff housing for the resort, which also may have been known
as "Kramer's". |
| Dahlia School |
Located "near the top" of the road
from White Sulphur Springs to Livingston Manor. |
Betty DeWitt Coleman notes that the School was
formerly taught by Walter Lewis, and was across the road from the house of
the Mills sisters, who also housed the Post Office. The school has
been remodeled. This area was known as "Egypt" (see that
location for more). "Dahlia" also seems to have been the name of a
locality, viz. Barber's transcription of the records of the Free
Methodist Church of Ferndale. |
| Egypt |
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Located in the NW corner of the town.
Identified by Delbert
E. VanEtten, Town Historian. Child offers an anecdote about the
source of the name, which may be facetious and is definitely not
complimentary. Betty DeWitt reports having heard of a "Little
Egypt". Patricia Benton Parks notes that there was a school district named
Little Egypt. The school house still stands at the corner of Dahlia
Road and Elk Point Road. |
| Becky Benton Hill Road |
Elk Point Road |
Per Patricia Benton Parks |
| Skeetersburg |
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Located in the NW corner of the Town, per
Child. Patricia Benton Parks notes that Skeetersburg Road was renamed in
the 1970s to Golub Hill Road. |
| Pleasant Valley and/or Dingle Daisy |
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Suggested, perhaps facetiously, as
improvements to Skeetersburg for the name of that locale, but never
adopted. Per Child. All seem to refer to the area in the NW
corner of the Town of Liberty also known as Egypt. |
| Chestnut Ridge School |
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| Beech Ridge School |
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| Liberty Street |
Main Street (?) |
Based on Child identifying the location of
several businesses that are known to have been located on present-day Main Street as
being located on Liberty Street, it seems likely that at least in the early
1870s Main Street was called Liberty Street. The present Liberty
Street must have been named subsequently. |
| Clements Street |
Edgar Street |
Bill Cogswell furnishes the information that
this street name change has happened. Dawne Bullock Norris had
ascertained that the name change was due to the 911 system, to avoid
confusion with Clements Lake. Jim Rampe furnishes the information
that "Edgar" was chosen as the replacement name due to an Edgar Clements
who lived on that street. |
| Infirmary Road |
Sunset Lake Road |
Changed as a courtesy to the residents of the
County adult home located on the road; the new name was perceived to sound more
cheerful. Info per Dawne Bullock Norris. |
| Dowtonville (or Doubtenville) |
Glen Cove |
per Child, located 1 mile SE of Liberty.
Alternative spelling per Delbert E. VanEtten, Town Historian. |
| Glen Cove |
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Child identifies Glen Cove as "a hamlet
about one mile south-east of Liberty". This is presumably
somewhere near the junction of present-day Route 52 and old Route 17 --
what old-timers might call the area of the (vanished) Triangle Diner. |
| Old Reservoir |
Liberty Park |
Before it became the Liberty Park and swimming
hole, the artificial pond off Buckley Street above the High School served
as a village water supply reservoir. It is now empty, as shown on our
Liberty page. |
| Old Route 17/Ferndale Road |
Sullivan Avenue |
Dawne Bullock Norris and Jo Ann Katz
contribute this name change for the section of road running from the site
of the former Triangle Diner, southeast, passing under the Quickway, to
Ferndale village. |
| White Bridge |
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Originally the name attached
to a white cement bridge taking old route 17 across the NYO&W tracks at
the north end of the village of Liberty. The site of many serious
automobile accidents, the bridge was replaced with a gray steel bridge,
but the name remained, and now applies to the general area. |
Town of Lumberland
The Town of Lumberland was formed from the
Town of Mamakating on March 16, 1798. The Town of Liberty was separated
from it on March 13, 1807. The Town of Bethel was separated March 27,
1809. The Towns of Highland and Tusten was separated on December 17,
1853. (Child, page 167)
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| What the name was |
What it became |
Notes |
| South Lebanon |
Glen Spey (?) |
per Child |
| Haggai's Pond |
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| Lebanon |
Mohican Lake (?) |
per Child |
| Decker's Dock |
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per Child |
| Lebanon Lake |
Mohican Lake (?) |
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| Dutch Settlement |
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present on original topographic map; no longer
on the maps |
Town of Mamakating
Child (page 169) describes the Town of
Mamakating as follows: "...erected into a precinct by the General
Assembly, Dec. 17, 1743, and embraced Deer park and a part of Mount Hope in
Orange county, and all of Sullivan county not embraced in the old town of
Rochester. It was continued as a precinct until organized as a town,
March 7, 1788. It was reduced to its present limits by the erection of
Deerpark, (Orange Co.,) and Lumberland in 1798, Thompson in 18903, and a part
of Forestburgh in 1837."
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| What the name was |
What it became |
Notes |
| Brownville |
Haven (east on the D&H canal
from Westbrookville, and near present-day Wurtsboro) |
per Child and the Sullivan
County Historical Society "Observer". |
| Graham's Barren |
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per Child, a locale along the D&H Canal. |
| Bashasville |
Westbrookville |
per Quinlan (likewise in Child, except that
the spelling in Child is "Bashshusville") |
| Bloomingburgh |
Bloomingburg |
Modernization of spelling |
| Mamacottin |
Mamakating |
Child identifies Mamacottin as the original
name of Bashas Kill, and the source of the current Mamakating name. |
| Mamakating Hollow |
Wurtsboro |
per Child |
| Sullivan |
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per Child. From context, appears to be
near Wurtsboro, the site of the Wurtsboro Upper Leather Tannery.
Possibly the name of a main street in Wurtsboro circa 1872. |
| Rome |
Wurtsboro |
Child explains that Rome was renamed Wurtsboro
in honor of the President of the D&H Canal Co. after that canal was
built. |
| Beatysburgh |
Summitville |
Information from correspondence
with Nate Berg. The name "Summitville" came from the fact
that it was the highest point in the D&H Canal -- downhill from there
to both the Hudson and Delaware ends. |
| Mudhook |
Summitville |
| Mine Road (also Old Mine
Road). Later, Kings Highway |
Route 209 |
Sullivan County Historical
Society "Observer". |
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The Town of Neversink was formed from the
Town of Rochester, Ulster County, on March 16, 1798. The Town of
Rockland was taken off March 29, 1809, and a part of the Town of Fallsburgh
on March 9, 1826. (Child, page 189)
Between the Lakes Group has a CD-ROM
available about Neversink. Click on the CD-ROM to learn more about
it.
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| What the name was |
What it became |
Notes |
| Cat's Paw (settlement upstream of Neversink Flats) |
? |
per Quinlan |
| Bittersweet |
(submerged by Neversink reservoir) |
Middletown Times-Herald Record
(9/15/03) identifies Bittersweet as a hamlet eliminated by Neversink
reservoir, in addition to Neversink Flats. Joe Cain (1/2005)
places Bittersweet on the west side of the river and north of the bridge
on the road to Liberty. Thus it would be between Aden and Cooley and
northeast of Bradley. Frank Shannon concurs, placing Bittersweet "up
on the old river toward Aden." |
| Dewittsville |
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identified by Child as "a hamlet on the
north line, in Denning, Ulster County" |
| Nauvoo |
? |
per Quinlan. May be an allusion to
origin of several Mormon pioneers in Neversink township rather than a
specific neighborhood or location in the township. |
| Neversink Flats |
Neversink |
Neversink Flats seems to have been an
alternative name for the old village of Neversink rather than a formal
designation. |
| Neversink |
(submerged by reservoir, new hamlet of Neversink established
east of reservoir on Route 55) |
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| Aden |
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| Leroy's Corners |
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| Chestnut Creek |
Unionville, then Grahamsville |
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| Unionville |
absorbed by Grahamsville |
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| Curry |
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Also, occasionally, Curry's Corners |
| Eureka |
(submerged by waters of Merriman Dam/Rondout Reservoir) |
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| Willowcanoe P.O. |
Willowemoc |
The Willowcanoe designation appears on the map
enclosed in Child's Gazetteer (1872). We have not seen any other
references to it by this name; possibly it was an artificial name created
to detect people copying the map from the Gazetteer. It is
noted on the errata page in Child. |
| Hog Rock |
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Child identifies Hog Rock as being near the
north line and named for a sheltering rock used by swine that were
permitted to run at large to fatten on beechnuts that were plentiful in the
area. |
Town of Rockland
The Town of Rockland was formed from the Town
of Neversink on March 29, 1809, and a portion was annexed by the Town of
Liberty on May 1, 1849. (Child, page 196-A)
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| What the name was |
What it became |
Notes |
| Purvis |
Deckertown, now Livingston Manor (the north end of the
village) |
Various sources, particularly Harold VanAken
on the Livingston Manor e-group. |
| Ireland School, also Irish Settlement |
Little Ireland |
per Fred Fries on Livingston Manor e-group |
| Anderson, also Anderson P.O. |
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Anderson P.O. was created between Willowemoc
and Cooley, according to Evelyn Boyles, quoting "Beaverkill Valley: a
Journey through Time" on the Livingston Manor e-group. |
| Union Church |
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May refer to the DeBruce Union Church, cited
in Child |
| Emmonsville |
Grooville |
Various sources, including an
1898 O&W road map of the county, show this village on a road running
from Parkston. |
| Westfield Flats (sometimes simply Westfield) |
Roscoe |
Said to have been renamed in the late 1800s in
honor of Roscoe Conklin -- who is also said never to have set foot in the
village named for him! |
| Lower Westfield |
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Same as Westfield Flats?? |
| Upper Westfield |
Purvis
Deckertown
Livingston Manor |
All per Harold VanAken |
| Appley's Switch |
Hazel, the site of a wood acid plant and post
office approximately four miles north of Livingston Manor |
Locality between Upper Westfield (present-day
Livingston Manor) and Westfield
Flats (present-day Roscoe) |
| Buckeddyville |
Hazel, the site of a wood acid plant and post
office approximately four miles north of Livingston Manor |
Locality between Upper Westfield (present-day
Livingston Manor) and Westfield
Flats (present-day Roscoe) |
| Big Flats, also Big Beaverkill Flat |
Roscoe |
Identified by Child as the site of the first
white settlement in the Town of Rockland |
| Shin Creek, Shin Creek P.O. |
Lew Beach |
The stream is still called Shin Creek.
According to Child, the locality of Shin Creek was located at the junction
of the Beaver Kill and Shin Creek. |
| Woolseyville |
Parkston |
|
| Mills Place |
Parkston |
Per LivingstonManor Yahoogroup, "Mills
Place" was a term in use circa 1900. It may be a reference to
the Millspaugh Mill there at that time. |
| Hell Hole |
Location slightly east of Roscoe on the
O&W where the last spike was driven. |
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| Morsston, Morsston Depot, Old Morsston |
Livingston Manor (the area south of the
present day village). Morsston Depot was the present location of the
village. |
The Morsston name lives on in the name of an
exit from Route 17, although two signs at that exit spell it "Morsston"
and "Morrston". The historically correct spelling is "Morsston",
after Medad T. Morss (of Woodbourne), founder of the community (however, Morss was a
varietal spelling of "Morse"). (Several sources, including Harold
VanAken and Fred Fries on the Livingston Manor e-group) |
| Frick Pond |
(drained when dam burst) |
Once located SE of Hodge Pond,
fed by the stream that drains Hodge Pond; shown on older
topographic maps. |
| Mussman's Turn |
|
Location south of Livingston Manor on old
Route 17 that was notable for accidents, per Fred Fries on the Livingston
Manor e-group. |
| Hunter Road (also, Old Hunter Road) |
Old Rockland Road, and Neversink-Westfield
Road |
Early trail into the Town of Rockland, little
of which remains today in the Town of Rockland. Built by John Hunter
to avoid need for frequent fording of streams. Subsequent names are of portions of it. Info from Fred
Fries on the Livingston Manor e-group. |
| Kile Settlement |
|
Lost settlement founded by Joseph Kile, near
present-day fish hatchery, on the Old Hunter Road. Kile Settlement
School was east of the Kile Settlement, toward Brown Settlement
(principally known today due to Brown Settlement Road). |
| Jacktown |
|
|
| Shaw Place |
|
Identified in Child as a place where an early
settler "crossed" after crossing the Neversink and before
crossing the Beaver Kill. |
| Jocelyn |
|
A hamlet near Craig-e-Clare on Amber Lake,
shown on the topographic map circa 1920 |
| Craig-e-Clare |
(still present?) |
John Conway describes this "castle"
overlooking the Beaverkill in an article in the Middletown Times
Herald-Record dated May 16, 2003. |
| Knapp Pond |
Maple Lake |
Old name per topographic map circa 1920 |
Town of Thompson
The Town of Thompson was formed from the Town
of Mamakating on March 19, 1803. March 9, 1826 a portion was taken off
for the Town of Fallsburgh; May 2, 1837 a portion for the Town of Forestburgh;
in 1842 a portion for the Town of Liberty. (Child pages 196-D - 196-E)
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| What the name was |
What it became |
Notes |
| Albion Mills |
Thompsonville |
per Quinlan |
| Tannersdale |
|
per Quinlan |
| Barrens, the |
|
per Quinlan |
| South Settlement |
|
per Quinlan |
| Sackettborough |
vanished |
per Quinlan |
| Gales |
|
Former post office, located on the Newburgh & Cochecton
Turnpike on the Town of Mamakating line, per Child |
| Strongtown |
Harris |
|
| Strong Settlement |
(probably) Harris |
per Child, who places it near the Liberty town
line. |
| Pleasant Lake |
Kiamesha Lake |
per Child |
| Clearwater Lake |
| Miller Settlement |
Glen Wild |
per Child |
| Sacket Pond |
Sackett Lake (probably) |
|
| West Settlement |
|
According to Child, located 3 miles west of
Monticello. Quinlan places it on the migration route to Bethel. |
| Apple Gordon Road |
Tony A. Dworetsky Road |
In the Harris/Bushville area. Crystal
Bianucci contributed this recent road name-change. The road is in the
vicinity of the Catskill Regional Medical Center. |
| Lords Reservoir |
Wanaksink Lake |
Old name per original topographic map. |
| McKee Reservoir |
Lake Louise Marie |
Old name per original topographic map. |
Town of Tusten
The Town of Tusten was formed from the Town of
Lumberland on December 17, 1853. (Child, page 196-P)
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| What the name was |
What it became |
Notes |
| Beaver Brook |
Beaver Brook Corners(?) |
Noted by John Boyne. He
reports that "Beaver Brook" is shown as the place of death on his
grandfather's death certificate (1913) but that transshipment of the
remains was handled by an undertaker in Port Jervis. Quinlan notes
climate readings collected in Beaver Brook in his "Climate" chapter. |
| Swamp Mills |
Neweiden |
Per the SCHS "Observer"
Swamp Mills was the original name of the post office, but the residents
desired a more suitable name. "Laurel Glen" was rejected by
the Post Office department. Neweiden is the combination of the names
of two local families: Newman and Weiden. The village was in
the central part of the Town of Tusten. The Post Office was
discontinued on November 15, 1917. |
| Homan's Eddy |
Big Eddy |
per Quinlan. Per the SCHS
"Observer" the village was renamed after Mr. Homan left the
area. "Big Eddy" is the name the raftsmen used. |
| Big Eddy |
Narrowsburgh |
per Quinlan and SCHS
"Observer" |
| Narrowsburgh |
Narrowsburg |
Modernized spelling |
| Delaware Bridge |
Tusten Station |
per Child, this was the location where the Erie RR
crossed the Delaware, the site of a Post Office that had been discontinued
by 1872. See also SCHS "Observer" which notes that the
community has now been essentially abandoned. |
| Dutch Settlement |
|
per Child |
| Irish Settlement |
|
per Child |
| Blumenthal |
Lava |
Per the SCHS "Observer"
the "Blumenthal" name was the one desired by the residents, but
was refused by the Post Office department as being too similar to
Bloomingburg. |
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