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Westtown
Westtown
Hamlet
	Westtown
	Coordinates: 41°20′12.34″N 74°32′23.58″W / 41.3367611°N 74.5398833°W
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Orange
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	10998

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.

History

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]

References

^ 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

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Westtown, New York

[2] "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 10, 2018.

[3] 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.

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Westtown, New York

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