Tompkins Corners is a hamlet in Putnam County, in the U.S. state of New York.[1]
History
editThe 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]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tompkins Corners, New York
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
- ^ "Historic Putnam Valley". Putnam Valley Historical Society. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
41°23′56″N 73°48′07″W / 41.399°N 73.802°W
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