Middletown, Rockland County, New York

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Middletown was a hamlet in the Town of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York, United States, located north of Nauraushaun; east of the state of New Jersey; south of Nanuet and west of Blauvelt.

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In the early 1870s, Pearl River was divided into five different sections: Sickletown, Nauraushaun, Middletown, Pascack and Muddy Brook.

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