Tompkins Corners, New York

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Tompkins Corners is a hamlet in Putnam County, in the U.S. state of New York. [1]

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History

The community was named after the brothers Tompkins who first settled at the site in the 1770s. [2] In the 1840s, Tompkins Corners consisted of merely "a few houses". [3] A post office called Tompkins Corners was established in 1878, and remained in operation until 1954. [4] The Tompkins Corners United Methodist Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [5]

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Tompkins Corners United Methodist Church church in Putnam Valley, New York

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tompkins Corners, New York
  2. ↑ Vasiliev, Ren (2004). From Abbotts to Zurich: New York State Placenames. Syracuse University Press. p. 222. ISBN   978-0-8156-0798-4. Cornelius Tompkins and his brothers settled here in about 1777.
  3. ↑ 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. 247.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Historic Putnam Valley". Putnam Valley Historical Society. Retrieved 22 February 2018.


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