Dicktown, New York

Last updated

Dicktown is a ghost town in Putnam County, in the U.S. state of New York. [1] It was located on a side street off of New York State Route 301 on the east side of Sagamore Lake east of Clarence Fahnestock State Park

Dicktown was named for the fact that a large share of the early settlers were named Richard. [2] It is now Richardsville Road, Putnam County NY. It is dissected between Town of Kent NY and Town of Putnam Valley NY

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dicktown (historical)
  2. ↑ Blake, William J. (1849). The History of Putnam County, N.Y.: With an Enumeration of Its Towns, Villages, Rivers, Creeks, Lakes, Ponds, Mountains, Hills, and Geological Features. Baker & Scribner. p.  333.

41°28′34″N73°46′30″W / 41.476°N 73.775°W / 41.476; -73.775


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.