- 1. Rockland
- (Category)
- ... other end by sun-down. The First Settlers & Township Development The renowned Hardenburgh Patent set the stage for the eventual development of the Catskills. Johannes Hardenburgh and associates ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 2. Mamakating
- (Category)
- The History of the Town of Mamakating The town of Mamakating was organized on March 7th, 1788 and was the first township of Sullivan County. The first county seat was Bloomingburgh; incorporated in 1833. ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 3. Lumberland
- (Category)
- A BIT OF LUMBERLAND HISTORY By an act of the State Legislature, Lumberland came into existence as a township on March 16, 1798, taking in an area that was bounded in the east by the Mongaup River and ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 4. Liberty
- (Category)
- ... making it the fourth oldest of Sullivan County’s fifteen townships. The area is credited with providing 303 men who fought in the Revolution. Liberty was originally carved from the then large townships ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 5. Highland
- (Category)
- ... Because much of the area was heavily forested with rocky soil, most of the township made poor farmland. Early farming families were discouraged from settling here limiting early growth of the region ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 6. Fremont
- (Category)
- ... Long Pond with brook trout – some of which were later caught weighing five pounds. The settlers at Long Pond came to the lands of Fremont through Rockland township. All contact with the outside world ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 7. Forestburgh
- (Category)
- ... nd on Plank Road South. A nine mile Swinging Bridge Lake (bridge long abandoned) exists within Forestburgh and Thompson townships. It is popular for boaters, swimming and fishing and some bear, making h ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 8. Callicoon
- (Category)
- ... of Newburgh, caused the first road to be made in the township and oversaw the clearing of much land. In 1807, DeWitt, along with others, agreed to build a road from Newburgh to Cochecton, portions of which ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 9. Along The Neversink in the Seventies
- (Category)
- ... He would later become Highway Superintendant for Sullivan County. Recalling his youth at the township of Neversink, Monroe published personal recollections of Neversink, and its memorable folks. The articles ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 10. Elsie Winterberger
- (History Preserver)
- ... historical roadside markers and restoring a post office in the township. Her campaigns to preserve Forestburgh’s historical heritage often went to higher levels. With the proposed upgrade of the main thoroughfare ...
- Created on 17 January 2016
- 11. St. George's Roman Catholic Cemetery - Callicoon
- (Callicoon)
- LOCATION: Callicoon Township FAMILY: AKA: REF: NOTES: 1843 ...
- Created on 13 April 2012
- 12. Early History of Youngsville
- (Callicoon)
- According to historians of Sullivan County, the present village of Youngsville, situated in the Township of Callicoon, was formally settled by Samuel M. Young, a member of the respectable Liberty family ...
- Created on 03 November 2011
- 13. The Mutton Hill Burying Ground
- (Neversink)
- August 11, 1938, Liberty Register "In the northeastern section of Sullivan County and in the southwestern corner of the township of Neversink on the north bank of the famous trout stream from which i ...
- Created on 27 October 2011
- 14. Along the Neversink in the Seventies
- (Neversink)
- ... He would later become Highway Superintendant for Sullivan County. Recalling his youth at the township of Neversink, Monroe published personal recollections of Neversink, and its memorable folks. The articles ...
- Created on 07 October 2011
- 15. Mystery of Missing Marker
- (Thompson)
- ... s Durland and Bert Feldman at the NYS Highway Department offices from Monticello to Binghamton to Albany drew a blank look and no information at the county and township level. Acting State Historian Willi ...
- Created on 22 September 2011
- 16. Mongaup Cemetery
- (Fallsburg)
- LOCATION: Cemetery Road, Hurleyville, NY AKA: Fallsburg Township, Potters Field FAMILY: Information on burials at this cemetery is not available at this time. ...
- Created on 03 June 2010
- 17. St. Tammany Flat Cemetery
- (Cochecton)
- LOCATION: Cochecton Township AKA: None FAMILY: Information on families buried in this cemetery is not available at this time. REF: None ...
- Created on 03 June 2010
- 18. Old Lake Huntington Cemetery
- (Cochecton)
- LOCATION: Cochecton Township FAMILY: Keesler Family - Information on burials in this cemetery can be found at Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 AKA: 1st Presbyterian Church ...
- Created on 03 June 2010
- 19. Methodist Church of Cochecton Cemetery
- (Cochecton)
- LOCATION: Cochecton Township - Began in 1845 AKA: FAMILY: Information on burials in this cemetery is not available at this time. REF: None ...
- Created on 03 June 2010
- 20. Andrew Neiderman
- (History Makers)
- ... director of dramatics and wrestling coach. He was appointed historian for the Town of Fallsburg and wrote the Sesquicentennial History of Fallsburg Township. Also, during this time, he married the former ...
- Created on 01 June 2006
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