Slate Hill, New York
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Wawayanda, New York
Wawayanda is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 7,024 as recorded by the 2006 census.The Town of Wawayanda is in the western part of the county, south of Middletown.-History:...
. It is home to the Minisink Valley Central School District
Minisink Valley Central School District
The Minisink Valley Central School District is a unified school district in Orange County, New York. The district consists of five schools; an elementary, intermediate, middle, and high school, which are all located in the township of Wawayanda, New York and the Otisville Elementary school, located...
. Slate Hill is found in Orange County, New York
Orange County, New York
Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area and is located at the northern reaches of the New York metropolitan area. The county sits in the state's scenic Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley...
, one of the fastest growing counties in the state. The area, along with its surrounding regions and the county in which it resides, has seen a recent surge in population growth that can be partially attributed to suburbanization from the New York City metropolitan area. This growth reached a peak in the post 9/11 era, but has since seen a decrease in the past 3 years.
Origins
At the dawn of the American Revolution, a Native American by the name of Keghgekapowell supposedly received a patent for the land of present day Slate Hill, as this is the name found on the Wawayanda PatentWawayanda Patent
The Wawayanda Patent was a land grant in colonial New York. It was granted in 1703, to John Bridges and eleven associates by the governor of New York and New Jersey, Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury, and was confirmed by Queen Anne. Located in Orange County, New York, it comprised...
. When his tribe, probably from the Algonquin Nation of the Lenni Lenape, had left the land to go West, Keghgekapowell was said to have gone with them never to return. The site of his abandoned estate is located on a hill on present day Jogee Road. The road was named after Keghgekapowell since his name had taken the simpler form of Jogee by European settlers.http://townofwawayanda.com/content/newsletter_details.asp?ArticleID=4
One of the early settlers, Richard Wood, built Woodlawn Farm
Woodlawn Farm (Slate Hill, New York)
Woodlawn Farm, sometimes known as the Wood Homestead, is located on Mount Orange Road, a short distance north of Slate Hill, New York, United States. It is centered by a three-section farmhouse whose materials date to the mid-18th century, making it one of the oldest buildings in the Town of...
, and was one of the original members of the Primitive Baptist Church of Brookfield
Primitive Baptist Church of Brookfield
The Primitive Baptist Church of Brookfield, also known as the Old School Baptist Meeting House, is located along US 6 in Slate Hill, New York, USA, a hamlet of the Town of Wawayanda in Orange County. It was built in 1792, when the settlement was known as Brookfield...
. Both his house and church, the oldest buildings in Slate Hill, still stand and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
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Slate Hill was originally to be named Brookfield, for the brook that encircled the community. When the postal system was establishing itself after the American Revolution, the government had discovered that there already existed a Brookfield in Madison County, N.Y. and thus opted for the name Slate Hill.http://townofwawayanda.com/content/newsletter_details.asp?ArticleID=4
Politics
Slate Hill is currently in New York's 19th congressional districtNew York's 19th congressional district
United States House of Representatives, New York District 19 is located in the southern part of the state of New York. District 19 lies north of New York City and is composed of parts of Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, in addition to the entirety of Putnam County.District 19...
. Its current Congressperson is Republican Nan Hayworth
Nan Hayworth
Nan Alison Sutter Hayworth is the U.S. Representative for . She is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and nursing career:...
. Although the area was previously thought to be populated mostly by Republicans, out of the reported $91,039 in presidential campaign contributions accounted for by Slate Hill's area code of 10973, $47,900 was contributed to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.http://www.opensecrets.org/ziplookup/index.php?zip=10973&submit=Go%21 Locally, Slate Hill's Town Hall is located within the town of Wawayanda, New York
Wawayanda, New York
Wawayanda is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 7,024 as recorded by the 2006 census.The Town of Wawayanda is in the western part of the county, south of Middletown.-History:...
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