East Hampton (town), New York

The Town of East Hampton is located in southeastern Suffolk County, New York, at the eastern end of the South Shore of Long Island. It is the easternmost town in the state of New York. At the time of the United States 2010 Census, it had a total population of 21,457.

The town includes the village of East Hampton, as well as the hamlets of Montauk, Amagansett, Wainscott, and Springs. It also includes part of the incorporated village of Sag Harbor.

East Hampton is located on a peninsula, bordered on the south by the Atlantic Ocean, to the east by Block Island Sound and to the north by Gardiners Bay, Napeague Bay and Fort Pond Bay. To the west is western Long Island, reaching to the East River and New York City. The Town has eight state parks, most located at the water's edge.

Chenango Bridge, New York

Chenango Bridge is a hamlet in the southern part of the Town of Chenango in Broome County, New York, United States. It lies where State Route 12A (Chenango Bridge Road) crosses the Chenango River. The population was 2,883 at the 2010 census, which lists the community as a census-designated place.[3]

Chenango Bridge is located at 42°10′00″N 075°51′45″W / 42.16667°N 75.86250°W / 42.16667; -75.86250 (42.1667426, -75.8624167) and its elevation is 896 feet (273 m).[1]

According to the 2010 United States Census, Chenango Bridge has a total area of 2.592 square miles (6.71 km2), of which 2.448 square miles (6.34 km2) is land and 0.144 square miles (0.37 km2) is water.[2]

Brainard, New York

Brainard is a hamlet in the town of East Nassau, Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The community is located along U.S. Route 20 and New York State Route 66 5.2 miles (8.4 km) east-south east of the village of Nassau. Brainard has a post office with ZIP code 12024, which opened on April 7, 1881.[2][3]

The community was named after David Brainard, a Christian missionary to local Indians.[4]

Deer River, New York

Deer River is a hamlet in Lewis County, New York, United States. The community is located along the Black River and New York State Route 26 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-southeast of Carthage. Deer River had a post office from September 19, 1845, until June 4, 1994; it still has its own ZIP code, 13627.[2][3]

Tuckahoe (village), New York

Tuckahoe is a village in the town of Eastchester in Westchester County, New York, United States. One-and-a-half miles long and three-fourths of a mile wide, with the Bronx River serving as its western boundary, the Village of Tuckahoe is approximately sixteen miles north of midtown Manhattan in Southern Westchester County.[2] As of the 2010 census, the village's population was 6,486.[3]

The village can be reached by the Metro-North railroad system. The Tuckahoe and Crestwood stations are 32 minutes and 34 minutes from New York City's Grand Central Terminal, respectively.

The name “Tuckahoe," meaning “it is globular," was a general term used by the Native Americans of the region when describing various bulbous roots which were used as food. Throughout the 1700s and 1800s, Tuckahoe was a rural, minor community which was part of the larger town of East Chester. It wasn't until the early nineteenth century that Tuckahoe first became a semi-prominent part of the New York Metropolitan Area upon the discovery of vast, high-quality, white marble deposits near the Bronx River by Scottish businessman Alexander Masterson.[4] Through the use of his financial wealth and influence, Masterson jump-started Tuckahoe's marble industry, its first quarry in 1812. The extremely high quality of "Tuckahoe Marble" was in great demand, quickly transforming the once quiet village into the "marble capital of the world".[5] In the 1840s, to serve quarry owners who transported marble to the city, the New York and Harlem Railroad opened two train depots in Tuckahoe. The booming industry drew succeeding waves of German, Irish and Italian immigrant workers, and, after the Civil War, African-Americans who migrated from the South.[6] The Tuckahoe quarries produced heavily for almost a century before supplies dwindled and the industry shut down.[7] The village's Church of the Immaculate Conception was constructed for the predominantely Catholic population using Tuckahoe Marble.[8]