Doodletown was an isolated hamlet in the Town of Stony Point

Stony Point, New York

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 Rockland County

Rockland County, New York

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, New York

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, United States

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. Purchased by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission during the 1960s, it is now part of Bear Mountain State Park

Bear Mountain State Park

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 and a popular destination for hikers, birdwatchers, botanists, and local historians. It is located north of Jones Point

Jones Point, New York

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; west of Iona Island; and southwest of Orange County

Orange County, New York

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. The former settlement is now a ghost town

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Members of the first family to settle in Doodletown during the 18th Century, French Huguenots whose name was anglicanized to "June," were also the very last to leave it in the 1960s.
Doodletown was first settled in 1762, at least partly by descendants of French Huguenots.