A post office called West Town was established in 1816, the name was changed to Westtown in 1894, and the post office remains in operation.[2] The community was named for its location on the west side of the town of Minisink.[3]
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^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Westtown, New York
^"Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
^Eager, Samuel Watkins (1846). An Outline History of Orange County: Together with Local Tradition and Short Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers, Etc. T. E. Henderson. p. 417.
westtown, york, westtown, hamlet, orange, county, state, york, located, along, york, state, route, north, unionville, minisink, north, jersey, state, border, westtownhamletwesttowncoordinates, 3367611, 5398833, 3367611, 5398833country, united, statesstate, yor. Westtown is a hamlet in Orange County in the U S state of New York 1 It is located along New York State Route 284 north of Unionville and Minisink and north of the New Jersey state border WesttownHamletWesttownCoordinates 41 20 12 34 N 74 32 23 58 W 41 3367611 N 74 5398833 W 41 3367611 74 5398833Country United StatesState New YorkCountyOrangeTime zoneUTC 5 EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT ZIP Code10998History editA post office called West Town was established in 1816 the name was changed to Westtown in 1894 and the post office remains in operation 2 The community was named for its location on the west side of the town of Minisink 3 References edit U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Westtown New York Post Offices Jim Forte Postal History Retrieved March 10 2018 Eager Samuel Watkins 1846 An Outline History of Orange County Together with Local Tradition and Short Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers Etc T E Henderson p 417 41 20 12 34 N 74 32 23 58 W 41 3367611 N 74 5398833 W 41 3367611 74 5398833 nbsp This article about a location in Orange County New York is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Westtown New York amp oldid 1186126540, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
