Town of Minisink
New York (NY) 10941
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Minisink is a town located in southwest Orange County, New York northeast of the New Jersey border between the Town of Greenville and the Town of Warwick. |
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Historically, the name Minisink, which dates to the mid 17th century, has applied to a much larger area than the current town, running as far north as Minisink Ford, twenty miles northwest of present day Minisink, south to the Delaware Water Gap, thirty miles southwest of present day Minisink, and from the Kittatinny Ridge to the east to the Poconos to the west. The Minisink Patent, granted in 1704, was a somewhat smaller area, but still far larger than the present town, which was given its present boundaries in 1800. Adding to the confusion is the fact that the New York - New Jersey border was previously seven or eight miles north of its present location: Minisink used to be in New Jersey.
The town was first settled around 1725 and organized as a town in 1788. Minisink lost territory to newer towns: Deer Park (1798), Wawayanda (1849), and Greenville (1853). In 1871, the community of Unionville set itself off from the town by incorporating as a village.
Communities and locations in Minisink
- Johnson – A hamlet near the north town line on NY-284.
- Laurel Hill – An elevation in the eastern part of Minisink.
- Millsburg – a location near the north town line.
- Unionville – The Village of Unionville is near the New Jersey border on highway NY-284.
- Waterloo Mills – A hamlet northwest of Westtown.
- Westtown – A hamlet north of Unionville on NY-284 on County Road 1.
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