Dicktown, New York

Ghost town

Dicktown is a ghost town in Putnam County, in the U.S. state of New York.^[1]

Dicktown was named for the fact that a large share of the early settlers were named Richard.^[2]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dicktown (historical)
^ 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.

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Municipalities and communities of Putnam County, New York, United States

County seat: Carmel

Carmel
Kent
Patterson
Philipstown
Putnam Valley
Southeast

Brewster
Cold Spring
Nelsonville

Other
hamlets

Dicktown
Doanesburgh

Footnotes

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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41°28′34″N 73°46′30″W / 41.476°N 73.775°W / 41.476; -73.775

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