Information about Sparkill, New York
Sparkill is a hamlet in Rockland County, New York, within the town of Orangetown. It contains the Rockland Country Club and Route 9W passes through it.
The town contains the private college of St. Thomas Aquinas College.
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The town contains the private college of St. Thomas Aquinas College.
Tourism
Historical Markers
- Fremont Monument, Rockland Cemetery - Kings Highway
- Hopson Swan Estate
- Saint Charles A.M.E. Zion Church - 432 Valentine Avenue
- Stonehurst - 65 Rockland Road
Landmarks and places of Interest
- John Moore's Mill - Site on Sparkill Creek below Route 9W Viaduct, Sparkill-In early 1800's John Moore, a black American, operated a saw and grist mill and from 1810-15, a caning mill. A person of many skills. he is regarded as having made some of the finest millwheels in Rockland County.
- Rockland Cemetery - 201 Kings Highway - The cemetery was created in 1847, by Eleazar Lord, author, educator and first president of the Erie Railroad. Buried here are veterans of the Civil War and later wars; John Charles Frémont, the Pathfinder; engineer Henry Honychurch Gorringe, and local physician Dr. George A. Leitner.
- Tallman Mountain State Park - Route 9W
- The Christ Episcopal Church of Piermont - 416 Valentine Avenue - This stone church was built in 1865. It is Rockland’s first established Episcopal Church. The first service was held in 1847 in a converted warehouse.
) | Municipalities and communities of Rockland County, New York County seat: New City |
|---|---|
| Towns | Clarkstown | Haverstraw | Orangetown | Ramapo | Stony Point |
| Villages | Airmont | Chestnut Ridge | Grand View-on-Hudson | Haverstraw | Hillburn | Kaser | Montebello | New Hempstead | New Square | Nyack | Piermont | Pomona | Sloatsburg | South Nyack | Spring Valley | Suffern | Upper Nyack | Wesley Hills | West Haverstraw |
| Communities and CDPs | Bardonia | Blauvelt | Central Nyack | Congers | Garnerville | Grassy Point | Hillcrest | Jones Point | Ladentown | Monsey | Mount Ivy | Nanuet | New City | Orangeburg | Palisades | Pearl River | Sparkill | Stony Point | Tappan | Thiells | Tomkins Cove | Valley Cottage | Viola | West Nyack |
Rockland County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, 12 miles north-northwest of New York City. As of the 2000 census, the population was 286,753. The county seat is New City. The name comes from "rocky land," an early description of the area given by settlers.
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Orangetown, New York
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The Rockland Country Club is in Sparkill, New York and features 18 holes of golf. The course was designed by Robert White in 1928 and the greens and fairways are composed of bent grass. Water comes into play on one hole.
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Saint Thomas Aquinas College is a private four-year, liberal arts college in Rockland County, New York that occupies a forty-eight acre campus. Located at 125 Route 340 in Sparkill, New York, the college is named after the medieval philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas.
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Erie Railroad
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Locale Jersey City, NJ to Chicago, IL
Dates of operation 1832 – 1960
Successor line Erie Lackawanna
Track gauge 4 ft 8 in (1435 mm) (standard gauge), converted from 6 ft (1829 mm) broad gauge on June 22,
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Reporting marks ERIE
Locale Jersey City, NJ to Chicago, IL
Dates of operation 1832 – 1960
Successor line Erie Lackawanna
Track gauge 4 ft 8 in (1435 mm) (standard gauge), converted from 6 ft (1829 mm) broad gauge on June 22,
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civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society or nationality fight against each other for the control of political power.
Some civil wars are categorized as revolutions when major societal restructuring is a possible outcome of the conflict.
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John Charles Fr̩mont (January 21, 1813 РJuly 13, 1890), was an American military officer, explorer, the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States, and the first presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform in
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Henry Honychurch Gorringe (1841-1885) was a United States naval officer who attained national acclaim for successfully completing the removal of Cleopatra's needle from Alexandria, Egypt to Central Park, New York City.
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geographic coordinate system enables every location on the earth to be specified by the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system aligned with the spin axis of the Earth.
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Rockland County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, 12 miles north-northwest of New York City. As of the 2000 census, the population was 286,753. The county seat is New City. The name comes from "rocky land," an early description of the area given by settlers.
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State of New York
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Capital Albany
Largest city New York City
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Largest city New York City
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A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there.
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New City, New York
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Clarkstown, New York
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Haverstraw is a town in Rockland County, New York, USA. The population was 33,811 at the 2000 census. The name comes from a Dutch word meaning "Oat Straw," referring to the grasslands along the river.
The Town of Haverstraw contains a village, also known as Haverstraw.
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The Town of Haverstraw contains a village, also known as Haverstraw.
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Orangetown, New York
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Ramapo, New York
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Stony Point, New York
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Airmont, New York
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Chestnut Ridge, New York
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Grand View-on-Hudson, New York
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Haverstraw, New York
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Hillburn, New York
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Kaser, New York
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Montebello, New York
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New Hempstead, New York
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New Square, New York
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Nyack, New York
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- Village 1.6 sq mi (4.
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Piermont, New York
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