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Ghost town
Dicktown is a ghost town in Putnam County, in the U.S. state of New York.[1]
Dicktown was named for the fact that a large share of the early settlers were named Richard.[2]
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- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dicktown (historical)
- ^ Blake, William J. (1849). The History of Putnam County, N.Y.: With an Enumeration of Its Towns, Villages, Rivers, Creeks, Lakes, Ponds, Mountains, Hills, and Geological Features. Baker & Scribner. p. 333.
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Coordinates: 41°28′34″N 73°46′30″W / 41.476°N 73.775°W / 41.476; -73.775
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