Tompkins Corners, New York

Hamlet in New York, United States

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

## History

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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]

## References

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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 February 22, 2018.
5. ^ "Historic Putnam Valley". Putnam Valley Historical Society. Retrieved February 22, 2018.

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

County seat: Carmel

Towns|

* Carmel
* Kent
* Patterson
* Philipstown
* Putnam Valley
* Southeast

Villages|

* Brewster
* Cold Spring
* Nelsonville

CDPs|

* Brewster Heights
* Brewster Hill
* Carmel
* Lake Carmel
* Mahopac
* Peach Lake‡
* Putnam Lake

Other
hamlets|

* Dykemans
* Farmers Mills
* Garrison
* Gayville
* Lake Peekskill
* Ludingtonville
* Milltown
* Sodom
* Tompkins Corners
* North Highlands

Ghost towns|

* Dicktown
* Doanesburgh

Footnotes|

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

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41°23′56″N 73°48′07″W﻿ / ﻿41.399°N 73.802°W﻿ / 41.399; -73.802

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