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28 unusual facts about Putnam County


Bull Hill

Bull Hill, also known as Mount Taurus, is a mountain north of the village of Cold Spring on the Hudson River in Putnam County in the State of New York.

Cookeville High School

Cookeville High School in Cookeville, in Putnam County, USA, is the largest non-metropolitan school in the state and along with Memphis, Metro Nashville or Tri-Cities, Tennessee, and is one of eight schools in the state to offer the International Baccalaureate program.

Downstate New York

The northern boundary is extended by some definitions to include all or some of Putnam County, Orange County, and Dutchess County.

As urban sprawl progressively converts previously rural communities into exurbs, many people increasingly consider neighboring Putnam County to be part of the Downstate region, as well as the southern portions of Orange County and Dutchess County.

Frederick Philipse

The entirety of the family property was divided up into almost 200 different parcels of land, with the vast majority becoming today's Putnam County, New York, in the form of the Philipse Patent, and other large parcels going to Dutch New York businessman Henry Beekman.

Stripped from the family after the Revolution for their Tory sympathies, it became today's Putnam County.

Indian Brook Road Historic District

In the late 20th, with easier auto and rail access, this led to the suburbanization of eastern Putnam County.

Medwin Peek

Peek was born January 26, 1900, in Palatka, Putnam County, Florida, to Gouverneur Frank Peek and Rebecca Medwin Hyde.

New York Metropolitan Transportation Council

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) is the metropolitan planning organization for New York City, Long Island, and the lower Hudson Valley (Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester counties).

New York State Route 118

NY 118, meanwhile, continues northward through residential neighborhoods into Putnam County.

The roadways that makeup NY 118 through Westchester and Putnam counties was taken over and constructed between 1903 and 1907.

Much of the highway is located within Westchester County; however, a small portion of the route near the northern terminus is situated in Putnam County.

New York State Route 121

Continuing north through North Salem, NY 121 begins running to the east of Peach Lake, retaining the Peach Lake Road name until reaching the Putnam County line in the hamlet of Peach Lake.

New York State Route 164

New York State Route 164 (NY 164) is a short state highway located entirely in the town of Patterson in northeastern Putnam County, New York, in the United States.

New York State Route 292

New York State Route 292 (NY 292) is a short state highway in the Hudson Valley of New York in the United States, bridging Putnam and Dutchess counties.

It heads west initially, paralleling the PutnamDutchess county line as it passes south of the Patterson Veteran Memorial Park and intersects County Route 63 (CR 63).

New York State Route 301

New York State Route 301 (NY 301), also known as the Hudson River Turnpike, is an intra-county state highway stretching across three-quarters of Putnam County, New York, in the United States.

New York State Route 312

New York State Route 312 (NY 312) is a short but important state highway located entirely within the town of Southeast in Putnam County, New York, in the United States.

New York State Route 403

New York State Route 403 (NY 403) is a short state highway located entirely within Putnam County.

Old Albany Post Road

Starting from an intersection with Sprout Brook Road at Continental Village just north of the Putnam-Westchester county line, it ends at an oblique junction with US 9 east of Garrison.

Putnam County, Florida

The county contains various sinkhole lakes such as Lake Barco where unconsolidated deposits on the surface have slumped into the highly soluble limestone of the upper Floridan aquifer.

Putnam County, Tennessee

The largest, Cookeville High School, is the largest non-metropolitan school in the state, and is one of only eight high schools in the state to offer the International Baccalaureate program.

Putnam County, West Virginia

The racial makeup of the county was 97.97% White, 0.56% Black or African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.58% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.13% from other races, and 0.59% from two or more races.

Senachwine

A number of places in Illinois are named in his honor including Senachwine Township in Putnam County, Illinois, Senachwine Creek, Senachwine Lake and the Lake Senachwine Reservoir.

The Sons of the American Revolution chapter in Peoria, Illinois placed a bronze memorial plaque, engraved with his speech to Black Hawk pleading for peace prior to the Black Hawk War, at the supposed burial spot of Senachwine north of present-day Putnam County, Illinois on June 13, 1937.

SOCM

The Roaring River Chapter is made up of residents of Putnam County, Tennessee, Jackson County, Tennessee, and Overton County, Tennessee.

Terry Gipson

Terry W. Gipson is a Democratic member of the New York State Senate, representing district 41, which includes all but two towns of Dutchess County and three towns in Putnam County.

United States presidential election in Putnam County, Indiana, 2008

there were no Campaign stops by any candidate for President of the United States in Putnam County


Border disputes between New York and Connecticut

For example, the Philipse family owned all of what is now Putnam County, but did not enforce their ownership of the land within the Oblong, allowing hundreds of squatters to move in, mostly from Connecticut.

H. Rodgin Cohen

Cohen is a trustee of Deerfield Academy, New York Presbyterian Hospital, the Hackley School, Hampton University and The Economic Club of New York, and is a member of the advisory boards of Wall Street Rising, United Way of Westchester-Putnam and the University of Charleston.

J. A. Britton

According to a Historic American Engineering Record record, Britton was born in 1839 near Rockville, Indiana, and built approximately 40 bridges in three Indiana counties: Parke, Putnam, and Vermillion.

Lake Gleneida

NY 301 follows the north shore, ascending to its eastern terminus at NY 52 across from the Putnam County courthouse.

Lena Pierpont

On November 20, 1933, Fred was taken into custody at his home in Leipsic, Ohio and held in the Putnam County, Ohio jail under instruction of Allen County Prosecutor Ernest Botkin.

Mandeville House

The Mandeville House is located on Lower Station Road (Putnam County Route 12) in Garrison, New York, United States, just west of its intersection with NY 9D and 403.

Pocatalico River

The Pocatalico rises in Roane County near the community of Looneyville and flows generally southwestwardly through southern Roane, northern Kanawha and southeastern Putnam Counties, past the community of Sissonville.