Sodom, New York

View of Sodom, west of the bridge crossing the East Branch Croton River.

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

According to one account, the hamlet was so named on account of the rowdy character of its first inhabitants.[2] A variant name was "Southeast Center", also spelled "South East Centre".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sodom
  2. ^ 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. 292.

41°24′7.34″N 73°35′28.46″W / 41.4020389°N 73.5912389°W / 41.4020389; -73.5912389


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