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Orangetown is a town in Rockland County, New York, United States, located in the southeastern part of the county. It is northwest of New York City, north of New Jersey, east of the town of Ramapo, south of the town of Clarkstown, and west of the Hudson River. The population was 48,655 at the 2020 census. [2]
Dederer Stone House-Stonehurst is a historic home located at Orangetown in Rockland County, New York. It was built in 1865 and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, T-shaped dwelling constructed using regular size units of local granite with dressed sandstone trim. It features a jerkinhead roof. Also on the property is a two-story barn and stone hitching ...
In 1992 it was donated to the Town of Orangetown, [2] which uses it as a local history museum, curated by the Orangetown Historical Society. [3] After the donation, volunteers worked to restore the house. It opened as a museum with permanent exhibits in 1996. In 2007 it closed for more renovations, including a new roof and French drain system.
The Orangetown Resolutions were adopted in 1774 at the home of Yoast Mabie. The Dutch colonial house was built by his brother Casparus Mabie in Tappan. When Great Britain imposed duties on the colonies and closed the port of Boston, local inhabitants passed resolutions calling for a boycott of British imports and exports on Monday, July 4, 1774, two years to the day before the Declaration of ...
Camp Shanks served as a staging area for troops departing the New York Port of Embarkation for overseas service during World War II.Dubbed “Last Stop USA”, the camp housed about 50,000 troops spread over 2,040 acres (8.3 km 2) and was the largest World War II U.S. Army embarkation camp, processing 1.3 million service personnel. including 75% of those participating in the D-Day invasion.
Then-South Nyack officials filed a lawsuit in the New York State Supreme Court, claiming the yeshiva used several of the campus buildings despite safety violations and without village permits and ...
At a meeting of the Freeholders and inhabitants of Orangetown and Province of New York, on Monday, the fourth day of July, 1774, at the house of Mr. Yoast Mabie in said town, the following resolves were agreed upon and passed, viz: 1st, That we are and ever wish to be, true and loyal subjects to his Majesty George the Third, king of Great Britain.
It is suburban in nature, with a considerable amount of scenic designated parkland. Rockland County does not border any of the New York City boroughs, but is only 9.5 miles (15.3 km) north of Manhattan at the counties' (New York and Rockland) two respective closest points (Palisades, New York, in Rockland and Inwood Park in Manhattan)