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Rockland County, New York

155 topographic sheets cover 72 settlements here, and 93 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

93 National Register listings published here, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

New York within the United States
Rockland County within New York

What the record shows

  • 2,614 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 93 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 70 buildings, 9 structures, 9 districts, 4 sites and 1 object.
  • 5 of the 93 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 72 populated places in this county; 72 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

93

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Maj. John Andre Monumentsite200606001001
Bear Mountain Bridge and Toll Housestructure198282001266
Bear Mountain Bridge and Toll Housestructure198282001266
Bear Mountain Innbuilding200202001048
Big Housebuilding199090001008
Blauvelt Housebuilding198585000659
Blauvelt-Cropsey Farmbuilding2017100000614
Brick Church Complexbuilding198484002947
Brook Chapelbuilding201009001287
Brooksidebuilding201212000408
Camp Hill Schoolbuilding2019100004244
Christ Churchbuilding201111000291
Cliffsidebuilding199090001012
Cliffsidebuilding199090001012
Closter Road-Oak Tree Road Historic Districtdistrict199090001014
Abner Concklin Housebuilding198787001358
Contempora Housebuilding200909000260
De Wint Housebuilding196666000568
John A. DeBaun Millbuilding199393000852
Peter DePew Housebuilding200808000596
Dederer Stone House-Stonehurstbuilding200202001650
English Church and Schoolhousebuilding197777000980
William Ferdon Housebuilding201111000292
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Nyackbuilding199898000132
First Reformed Churchbuilding201515000777
Fraser-Hoyer Housebuilding197676001270
John Green Housebuilding2017100000615
Gurnee-Sherwood Housebuilding201111000451
Haddock's Hallbuilding199191000103
Haring-Eberle Housebuilding199090001010
Homesteadbuilding198383004154
Edward Hopper Birthplace and Boyhood Homebuilding200000000352
Hopson-Swan Estatedistrict199292001562
House at 352 Piermont Avenuebuilding201514001218
Houser-Conklin Housebuilding201010000808
JOHN D. MCKEAN (fireboat)structure2023100009157
Kings Daughters Public Librarybuilding199191000950
Ladentown United Methodist Churchbuilding200505000990
Little Housebuilding199090001009
M/V COMMANDERstructure198484002951
Main Schoolbuilding201515000516
Robert W. and Mary F. McCready Housebuilding201111000708
Carson McCullers Housebuilding200606000562
Mount Moor African-American Cemeterysite199494001001
Neiderhurstbuilding199090001011
North Main Street Schoolbuilding200808000105
Old Sloatsburg Cemeterysite199999000807
Onderdonk Housebuilding200606000890
Henry M. Peck Housebuilding200000001279
Jacob P. Perry Housebuilding200303000594
Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel Number 15structure200101000583
Piermont Railroad Stationbuilding200808001146
Pig Knoll Schoolbuilding2019100004183
Henry Varnum Poor Housebuilding200707001258
Richard Pousette-Dart House and Studiobuilding2019100004802
Rockland County Courthouse and Dutch Gardensdistrict199190002104
Rockland Print Worksdistrict201313000362
Rockland Road Bridgestructure200505001391
Rockland Road Bridge Historic Districtdistrict201111000709
William H. Rose Housebuilding199999000459
Ross-Hand Mansionbuilding198383001787
Edward Salyer Housebuilding198686002178
Michael Salyer Stone Housebuilding200202001654
Seaman-Knapp Housebuilding201212000311
Seven Oaks Estatebuilding199090001013
Shadowcliffbuilding201414000131
Sloat Housebuilding197474001301
Sloat's Dam and Mill Pondstructure200000000344
Jacob Sloat Housebuilding200606001144
Sparkill Creek Drawbridgestructure198585000658
St. Paul's Episcopal Churchbuilding200808000593
St. Paul's United Methodist Churchbuilding200101000251
H.R. Stevens Housebuilding200504001480
Stony Point Battlefieldsite196666000567
Stony Point District School No. 4building201211001005
Stony Point Lighthousestructure197979001626
Tallman-Budke and Vanderbilt-Budke-Traphagen Housesdistrict2017100001266
Tappan Historic Districtdistrict199090000689
Tappan Zee Playhousebuilding198383001788
Terneur-Hutton Housebuilding197373001263
Torne Brook Farmbuilding198888000611
US Post Office-Haverstrawbuilding198888002497
US Post Office-Nyackbuilding198988002387
US Post Office-Pearl Riverbuilding198888002399
US Post Office-Spring Valleybuilding198988002432
US Post Office-Suffernbuilding198988002435
USCO Church, Thebuilding201616000225
Upper Nyack Firehousebuilding198282004781
Van Houten's Landing Historic Districtdistrict200404000877
Washington Avenue Soldier's Monument and Triangleobject200606000646
Washington Spring Road-Woods Road Historic Districtdistrict199090001015
Wayside Chapel, Formerbuilding200000000346
J. Garner West Housebuilding2022100007379

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

1

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view, 1924 - Aero-view of Pearl River, New York, 1924
Bird's-eye view (1924) - Aero-view of Pearl River, New York, 1924. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

5 of 25 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 25 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Congers Lake Country Club, Boston Public Library - undated
Congers Lake Country Club. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Platzl Brau Haus, Ladentown, N. Y. Use Route 202 between Suffern and Haverstraw, Boston Public Library - undated
Platzl Brau Haus, Ladentown, N. Y. Use Route 202 between Suffern and Haverstraw. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Jerry's Tavern -- New City, New York, Boston Public Library - undated
Jerry's Tavern -- New City, New York. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Bear Mountain Inn, Bear Mountain, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Bear Mountain Inn, Bear Mountain, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga, N. Y. Norris Dam, Tennessee. Bear Mountain Inn, Bear Mt., N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga, N. Y. Norris Dam, Tennessee. Bear Mountain Inn, Bear Mt., N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

42 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,012 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 42 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-01-04, scale 1:20000
1954-01-04, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-01-04, scale 1:20000
1954-01-04, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-01-04, scale 1:20000
1954-01-04, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-08-05, scale 1:60000
1958-08-05, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-08-05, scale 1:60000
1958-08-05, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-17, scale 1:20000
1952-04-17, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-17, scale 1:20000
1952-04-17, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-17, scale 1:20000
1952-04-17, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-17, scale 1:20000
1952-04-17, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-04-15, scale 1:20000
1953-04-15, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-04-15, scale 1:20000
1953-04-15, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-04-15, scale 1:20000
1953-04-15, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-04-15, scale 1:20000
1953-04-15, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-02-18, scale 1:20000
1954-02-18, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-08-05, scale 1:60000
1958-08-05, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-08-05, scale 1:60000
1958-08-05, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-03-23, scale 1:19000
1964-03-23, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-03-23, scale 1:19000
1964-03-23, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-03-23, scale 1:19000
1964-03-23, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-03-23, scale 1:19000
1964-03-23, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-02-20, scale 1:19000
1965-02-20, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-02-20, scale 1:19000
1965-02-20, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-02-20, scale 1:19000
1965-02-20, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-02-20, scale 1:19000
1965-02-20, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-02-21, scale 1:24000
1970-02-21, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-25, scale 1:19000
1974-04-25, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-25, scale 1:19000
1974-04-25, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-25, scale 1:19000
1974-04-25, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-25, scale 1:19000
1974-04-25, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-10-29, scale 1:78000
1976-10-29, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-10-29, scale 1:78000
1976-10-29, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1992-06-16, scale 1:66000
1992-06-16, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1992-06-16, scale 1:66000
1992-06-16, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1992-06-16, scale 1:66000
1992-06-16, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2001-04-20, scale 1:14400
2001-04-20, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2001-04-20, scale 1:14400
2001-04-20, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2001-04-20, scale 1:14400
2001-04-20, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2001-04-29, scale 1:28800
2001-04-29, scale 1:28800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2002-03-01, scale 1:19200
2002-03-01, scale 1:19200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2002-03-01, scale 1:19200
2002-03-01, scale 1:19200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2002-03-01, scale 1:19200
2002-03-01, scale 1:19200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2002-03-01, scale 1:19200
2002-03-01, scale 1:19200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

13 stations, 20 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

98 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 44-1Spring Valley village, comprising parts of Clarkstown and Ramapo towns: Spring Valley village - That part in Clarkstown town Bounded by Erie Railroad (Piermont Br.); Village limits; Town line
  • 44-2Spring Valley village - That part in Ramapo town Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; Erie Railroad (Piermont Br.); N. Main
  • 44-3Spring Valley village - That part in Ramapo town Bounded by Village limits; N. Main; Commerce, N. Madison Ave., Church; N. Myrtle Ave., Union Rd., Village limits
  • 44-4Spring Valley village - That part in Ramapo town Bounded by Village limits; Union Rd., N. Myrtle Ave., Church, N. Madison Ave.; Commerce, New Jersey and New York Railroad, Maple Ave.; Village limits
  • 44-5Spring Valley village - That part in Ramapo town Bounded by Maple Ave.; New Jersey and New York Railroad; Commerce, West, Church; Cole Ave.
  • 44-6Spring Valley village - That part in Ramapo town Bounded by Maple Ave., Cole Ave., Church, West, Commerce; Chestnut, S. Jackson, S. Madison Ave.; Village limits; Village limits
  • 44-7Spring Valley village - That part in Ramapo town Bounded by Commerce, N. Main, Erie Railroad; Village limits, Town line, Village limits; Village limits; S. Madison Ave., S. Jackson, Chestnut
  • 44-8Clarkstown town, outside Spring Valley village: Upper Nyack village
  • 44-9Clarkstown town - Congers, unincorporated Bounded by Occupation Rd., New York Central Railroad, Sherwood Rd. extended, Sherwood Rd., Sherwood Rd. extended; State Highway 303, Lakeward Ave., Lakeward Ave. extended, Swartwout Lake, East Brook, Rockland Lake, Unnamed stream, U.S. Highway 9W, Rockland Lake Rd.; State Highway 303, Gilchrist Rd.; Kings Highway
  • 44-10Clarkstown town - That part Bounded by Town line; U.S. Highway 9W, Haverstraw Rd., Toms Brook; New City Congers Rd., State Highway 304, New Hempstead Rd.; Town line
  • 44-11AClarkstown town - That part Bounded by New Hempstead Rd.; State Highway 304; Kings Highway, Middletown Rd., Valley Rd.; Bluder Lane, Hill Rd., West Clarkstown Rd.
  • 44-11BClarkstown town - That part Bounded by New Hempstead Rd.; West Clarkstown Rd., Hill Rd., Bluder Lane, Valley Rd., Middletown Rd., Kings Highway, State Highway 304; Church Rd., Middletown Rd., Gerke Rd.; West Clarkstown Rd., Eckerson Rd., Town line
  • 44-12Clarkstown town - That part outside Spring Valley village Bounded by Eckerson Rd., West Clarkstown Rd., Gerke Rd., N. Middletown Rd., Church Rd.; State Highway 304; State Highway 59, Spring Valley village limits; Town line
  • 44-13Clarkstown town - That part Bounded by New City Congers Rd.; Toms Brook, Hackensack River; Germonds Rd., Bardonia Rd.; State Highway 304
  • 44-14Clarkstown town - That part outside Congers, unincorporated and Upper Nyack village Bounded by Town line; Hudson River, Upper Nyack village limits; Christian Herald Rd., Morris Rd., Crusher Rd., Germonds Rd.; Hackensack River, Toms Brook, Haverstraw Rd., U.S. Highway 9W (See separate map for boundaries of Congers)
  • 44-15Clarkstown town - That part outside Upper Nyack village Bounded by Crusher Rd., Morris Rd., Christian Herald Rd.; Upper Nyack village limits, Town line, Nyack Turnpike, Mountainview Ave., 1st, Central, Nyack Turnpike, Old Route 59, Gypsy Camp Rd., Schuyler Rd., Willow extended, Willow, Pine, Waldron, Towt, Depew Pl., Town line; Town line; West Shore Railroad
  • 44-16Clarkstown town - That part Bounded by Old Route 59, Nyack Turnpike, Central, 1st, Mountainview Ave., Nyack Turnpike; Town line, Depew Pl., Towt; Waldron, Pine, Willow, Willow extended; Schuyler Rd., Gypsy Camp Rd.
  • 44-17Clarkstown town - That part Bounded by Bardonia Rd., Germonds Rd., Crusher Rd.; West Shore Railroad; Town line; Highview Ave., Church, Smith, State Highway 304
  • 44-18Clarkstown town - That part Bounded by Prospect, New Jersey & New York Railroad, Spur from New Jersey & New York Railroad, Erie Railroad (Piermont Branch); Church, Highview Ave.; Town line; New Jersey & New York Railroad, Convent Rd., Fairview Ave.
  • 44-19Clarkstown town - That part, outside Spring Valley village, and excluding Convent of Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul including Saint Agatha Home for Children Bounded by Spring Valley village limits, Route 59; Smith, Church, Erie Railroad (Piermont Branch), Spur from New Jersey & New York Railroad, New Jersey & New York Railroad, Prospect, Fairview Ave., Convent Rd., New Jersey & New York Railroad; Town line; Town line
  • 44-20Convent of Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul including St. Agatha Home for Children (In Clarkstown town) (Remainder of Clarkstown town is in Spring Valley village)
  • 44-21Haverstraw town: Haverstraw village: Haverstraw village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; Main; Broadway
  • 44-22Haverstraw village - That part Bounded by Westside Ave.; Broadway; W. Broad; S. Orchard, Conklin Ave.
  • 44-23Haverstraw village - That part Bounded by Conklin Ave., S. Orchard; W. Broad, Hudson Ave., New Main; West Shore Railroad, (Central line); Westside Ave.
  • 44-24Haverstraw village - That part Bounded by W. Broad; Broadway, West St.; Fairmount Ave.; West Shore Railroad (Central line). New Main, Hudson Ave.
  • 44-25Haverstraw village - That part Bounded by Main; Village limits; Long Clove Rd., Riverside Ave.; West
  • 44-26Haverstraw village - That part Bounded by West, Riverside Ave., Long Clove Rd.; Village limits; West Shore Railroad (Central line); Fairmount Ave.
  • 44-27Haverstraw village - That part Bounded by Village limits, Broadway; Westside Ave., West Shore Railroad; Village limits; Village limits
  • 44-28West Haverstraw village: West Haverstraw village - That part - Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; Village limits; Samsondale Ave., Broadway, Railroad Ave., Stony Point Rd.
  • 44-29West Haverstraw village - That part excluding New York State Reconstruction Home (Part) Bounded by Village limits; Stony Point Rd., Railroad Ave., Broadway, Samsondale Ave.; Village limits, Minisceongo Creek, Main, Railroad Ave.; Village limits
  • 44-30New York State Reconstruction Home - That part in West Haverstraw village (Remainder of New York State Reconstruction Home is in Stony Point town)
  • 44-31West Haverstraw village - That part Bounded by Minisceongo Creek; Village limits; State Highway 202, Hewitt, Sand; Morton, Caroline, Main
  • 44-32West Haverstraw village - That part Bounded by Railroad Ave.; Main, Caroline, Morton, Sand, Hewitt, State Highway 202, Village limits; Village limits; Village limits
  • 44-33Haverstraw town - That part west of Haverstraw and West Haverstraw villages, outside Haverstraw and West Haverstraw villages, excluding Letchworth Village State School for Mental Defectives (part)
  • 44-34Letchworth Village State School for Mental Defectives - That part in Haverstraw town (Remainder of Letchworth Village State School for Mental Defectives is in Stony Point town)
  • 44-35Orangetown town: Grand View-on-Hudson village
  • 44-36Orangetown town: Nyack village: Nyack village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; High Ave. extended, High Ave.; Franklin, 5th Ave., Hart Pl., 6th Ave., Broadway
  • 44-37Orangetown town: Nyack village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Broadway, 6th Ave., Hart Pl., 5th Ave., Franklin; High Ave.; Midland Ave.
  • 44-38Orangetown town: Nyack village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Midland Ave.; High Ave., Cemetery Lane; Village limits
  • 44-39Orangetown town: Nyack village - That part Bounded by Cemetery Lane, High Ave.; Midland Ave., S. Midland Ave.; Village limits; Village limits
  • 44-40Orangetown town: Nyack village - That part Bounded by High Ave.; Franklin; Depew Ave.; S. Midland Ave., Midland Ave
  • 44-41Orangetown town: Nyack village - That part Bounded by High Ave.; Park, Main, Broadway; Depew Ave.; Franklin
  • 44-42Orangetown town: Nyack village - That part Bounded by High Ave., High Ave. extended; Village limits; Depew Ave. extended, Depew Ave.; Broadway, Main, Park
  • 44-43Orangetown town: Nyack village - That Bounded by Depew Ave., Depew Ave. extended; Village limits; Village limits; S. Midland Ave.
  • 44-44Orangetown town: Piermont village: Piermont village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; Rockland Rd., Ferdon Ave., Sparkhill Creek, Piermont Ave., Tate Ave., Ash, Hudson Terrace, 1st, Erie Railroad
  • 44-45Orangetown town: Piermont village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Erie Railroad, 1st, Hudson Terrace, Ash, Tate Ave., Piermont Ave., Sparkhill Creek, Ferdon Ave., Rockland Rd.; Village limits; Village limits
  • 44-46Orangetown town: South Nyack village; South Nyack village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; Village limits; Broadway
  • 44-47Orangetown town: South Nyack village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Broadway; Village limits; Shadyside Ave., Hillside Ave., Brookside Ave., Erie Railroad
  • 44-48Orangetown town: South Nyack village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Erie Railroad, Brookside Ave., Hillside Ave., Shadyside Ave.; Village limits; Village limits
  • 44-49AOrangetown town - That part outside South Nyack and Piermont villages Bounded by Town line; South Nyack village limits, former village limits of Grand View, Piermont village limits, Highland Ave.; Cemetery Rd., Property line of St. Agnes Convent and Orphanage, State Highway 728, Orangeburg - Sparkill Rd., Western Highway, Convent Rd., Sickletown Rd., Orangeburg Rd.; Mountain View Ave., Central Ave., Middletown Rd., Property line of Pearl Gardens Apts., Middletown Rd.
  • 44-49BOrangetown town - That part outside Grand View-on-Hudson, South Nyack and Piermont villages Bounded by South Nyack village limits; Grand View-on-Hudson village limits; Piermont village limits; Former village limits of Grand View
  • 44-50Orangetown town - That part, outside Piermont village, excluding Motherhouse and General Novitiate of Dominican Convent of our Lady of the Rosary including St. Agnes Convent and Home for Children Bounded by Kings Highway, State Highway 728, Property line of St. Agnes Convent and Orphanage; Cemetery Rd., Highland Ave., Piermont village limits; Ferdon Ave., Williams, Sparkhill Ave., Washington; Piermont, Sparkhill Ave., Dederer, Austin Ave., Virginia
  • 44-51Motherhouse and General Novitiate of Dominican Convent of our Lady of the Rosary including St. Agnes Convent and Home for Children (In Orangetown town)
  • 44-52Orangetown town - That part outside Piermont village Bounded by State Rd. 728, Kings Highway, Virginia, Austin Ave., Dederer, Sparkhill Ave., Piermont, Washington, Sparkhill Ave., Williams, Ferdon Ave., Piermont village limits; Hudson River; Town line; Main, Oak Tree Rd., Funston, Washington, Conklin Ave., Kings Highway, State Highway 303
  • 44-53EOrangetown town - That part excluding Motherhouse and Novitiate of Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Dominic including Orphanage Bounded by Convent Rd.; Western Highway; Orangeburg Rd.; East Redlind Ave. extended, East Redlind Ave.
  • 44-53DOrangetown town - That part Bounded by Orangeburg Road; Western Highway; Victory Road; Line running from point opposite triangle formed by Avenue A and Victory Rd. to School Drive, School Drive
  • 44-53AOrangetown town - That part Bounded by Washington Ave., Western Highway, Orangeburg - Sparkhill Rd.; State Highway 303, Kings Highway, Conklin Ave., Washington, Funston, Oak Tree Rd., Main; Town line; Old Tappan Rd., Summit Ave.
  • 44-53BOrangetown town - That part Bounded by Avenue A, Victory Rd.; Western Highway; Washington Ave.; Property line of Shanks village (Federal Public Housing Authority (F.P.H.A.)), Unnamed Rd. extended, Unnamed Rd., Bushhill Rd.
  • 44-53COrangetown town - That part Bounded by Convent Rd.; East Redlind Ave., East Redlind Ave. extended, Orangeburg Rd., School Drive, Line running from School Drive to point opposite triangle formed by Avenue A and Victory Rd.; Victory Rd., Avenue A, Bushhill Rd., Unnamed Road, Unnamed Rd. extended; Property line of Shanks village (Federal Public Housing Authority (F.P.H.A.))
  • 44-54Motherhouse and Novitiate of Sisters of the Third Order of St. Dominic including Orphanage (In Orangetown town)
  • 44-55Orangetown town - That part, excluding Rockland State Hospital Bounded by Orangeburg Rd., Sickletown Rd., Convent Rd.; Property line of Shanks Village (Federal Public Housing Authority (F.P.H.A.)), Washington Ave., Summit Ave., Old Tappan Rd.; Town line; Gilbert Ave. extended, Gilbert Ave., Mountain View Ave. extended, Mountain View Ave.
  • 44-56Rockland State Hospital (In Orangetown town)
  • 44-57Orangetown town - That part Bounded by Central Ave.; Mountain View Ave., Mountain View Ave. extended; Gilbert Ave.; S. Main
  • 44-58Orangetown town - That part Bounded by Town line; Middletown Rd., Property line of Pearl Gardens Apts., Middletown Rd.; Central Ave.; N. Main, Moore Ave., New Jersey & New York Railroad
  • 44-59Orangetown town - That part Bounded by Washington Ave., N. Magnolia Ave., Hillside Ave., Hillside Ave. extended, New Jersey & New York Railroad, Moore Ave.; N. Main, S. Main; Gilbert Ave. extended, Town line; Woodland Rd.
  • 44-60Orangetown town - That part Bounded by Town line; New Jersey & New York Railroad; Hillside Ave. extended, Hillside Ave., N. Magnolia Ave., Washington Ave., Woodland Rd., Town line; Town line
  • 44-61Ramapo town, outside Spring Valley village: Hillburn village: Hillburn village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; State Highway 59, 4th, Mountain Ave., 6th; State Highway 17
  • 44-62Ramapo town - Hillburn village - That part Bounded by Village limits; State Highway 17, 6th, Mountain Ave., 4th, State Highway 59, Village limits; Village limits; Village limits
  • 44-63Ramapo town - Sloatsburg village: Sloatsburg village - That part west of Orange Turnpike
  • 44-64Ramapo town - Sloatsburg village - That part east of Orange Turnpike
  • 44-65Ramapo town - Suffern village: Suffern village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; Wayne Ave., Washington Ave., Lafayette Ave., Chestnut; Orange Ave.
  • 44-66Ramapo town - Suffern village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Orange Ave.; Village limits; Village limits
  • 44-67Ramapo town - Suffern village - That part Bounded by Chestnut, Lafayette Ave.; Washington Ave.; Orange Ave.
  • 44-68Ramapo town - Suffern village - That part Bounded by Erie Railroad (Piermont Br.); Mahwah Brook; Boulevard St.; Washington Ave.
  • 44-69Ramapo town - Suffern village - That part, excluding Juniorate of the Fathers of the Blessed Sacrament - Mt. Eymard Seminary Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; Lafayette Ave., Helmich, Oakdale Manor, Boulevard St., Mahwah Brook, Erie Railroad (Piermont Br.); Washington Ave., Wayne Ave.
  • 44-70Juniorate of the Fathers of the Blessed Sacrament - Mt. Eymard Seminary (In Suffern village)
  • 44-71Ramapo town - Suffern village - That part Bounded by Boulevard St., Oakdale Manor, Helmich, Lafayette Ave.; Village limits; Village limits; Orange Ave., Washington Ave.
  • 44-72Ramapo town - That part, excluding Five Points Mission Bounded by Town line; Town line; Eckerson Rd., Union Rd., Viola Rd.; State Highway 690 (Route 306), U.S. Highway 202, Calls Hollow Rd.
  • 44-73Five Points Mission (In Ramapo town)
  • 44-74Ramapo town - That part outside Hillburn, Sloatsburg and Suffern villages Bounded by Town line; Calls Hollow Rd., U.S. Highway 202, State Highway 690, Viola Rd., U.S. Highway 202; Suffern village limits, Hillburn village limits, Town line; Town line, Sloatsburg village limits, Town line
  • 44-75Ramapo town - That part outside Suffern village Bounded by Viola Rd.; Mile Rd., Montebello Rd., Airmont Rd., S. Airmont Rd.; Town line; Suffern village limits, U.S. Highway 202
  • 44-76Ramapo town - That part Bounded by Viola Rd.; Spook Rock Rd., Cherry Lane; Town line; S. Airmont Rd., Airmont Rd., Montebello Rd., Mile Rd.
  • 44-77Ramapo town - That part excluding Rockland County Almshouse Bounded by Viola Rd.; State Highway 690, Main; Nyack Turnpike; Spook Rock Rd.
  • 44-78Rockland County Almshouse (In Ramapo town)
  • 44-79Ramapo town - That part, outside Spring Valley village Bounded by Viola Rd., Union Rd., Eckerson Rd.; Town line, Spring Valley Village limits; State Highway 59; Main, State Highway 690
  • 44-80Ramapo town - That part, outside Spring Valley village and excluding Lakeside School Bounded by Nyack Turnpike, State Highway 59; Spring Valley village limits, Town line; Town line; Cherry Lane
  • 44-81Lakeside School (In Ramapo town) (Remainder of Ramapo town is in Spring Valley village)
  • 44-82AStony Point town: Stony Point, unincorporated Bounded by Mormon Town Rd., Stony Point Lane; Stony Point Bay; Cedar Pond Branch; Cricketown Rd. extended, Cricketown Rd., Heights Rd., North, Stony Point Rd., Route 9W
  • 44-82BStony Point, unincorporated Bounded by Mormon Town Rd.; Route 9W, Stony Point Rd.; North, Heights Rd.; Cricketown Rd.
  • 44-83Stony Point town - That part, excluding U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot Bounded by Town line; Town line; Stony Point Lane, Mormon Town Rd.; U.S. Highway 202
  • 44-84U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot (In Stony Point town)
  • 44-85Stony Point town - That part, excluding Bear Mountain Inn Bounded by Town line; U.S. Highway 202; Mormon Town Rd., Cricketown Rd.; State Highway 210
  • 44-86Bear Mountain Inn (In Stony Point town)
  • 44-87Stony Point town - That part, excluding Letchworth Village State School for Mental Defectives (part), New York State Reconstruction Home (part) and Stony Point Light House Bounded by State Highway 210, Cricketown Rd. extended, Cedar Pond Branch; Town line; Town line ;Town line
  • 44-88School Letchworth Village State School for Mental Defectives - That part in Stony Point town (Remainder of Letchworth Village State School for Mental Defectives is in Haverstraw town)
  • 44-89New York State Reconstruction Home - That part in Stony Point town (Remainder of New York State Reconstruction Home is in West Haverstraw village)
  • 44-90Stony Point Light House (In Stony Point town)
  • 44-91Haverstraw town - That part north of Haverstraw village and east of West Haverstraw village, outside Haverstraw and West Haverstraw villages

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

3,655 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 3,655 of them, burning about 5,487 acres. 196 started naturally and 326 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2154
Smoking530
Arson/incendiarism326
Natural196
Recreation and ceremony165
Equipment and vehicle use117
Debris and open burning92
Misuse of fire by a minor44
Power generation/transmission/distribution28
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 November 2016Recreation and ceremony641 acresNew York Forest RangersSHERWOOD
9 April 2012Smoking481 acresNew York Forest RangersANTHONY WAYNE FIRE
3 August 1999Recreation and ceremony410 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
14 November 2013Recreation and ceremony363 acresNew York Forest RangersORANGEBURG FIRE
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremony230 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
18 November 2001Arson/incendiarism185 acresNew York Forest RangersDUNDERBURG MT. FIRE
2 May 1999Recreation and ceremony143 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
28 October 2013Recreation and ceremony45 acresNew York Forest RangersTORNE MT. FIRE

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1965 to 2025

60 of 319 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 319 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 9 injuries and about $7,889,750 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind136
Flash Flood81
Hail37
Flood33
Heavy Rain15
Lightning12
Tornado3
Winter Weather1
Funnel Cloud1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1999Flash FloodCountywide1 killed, $4,400,000no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindNanuet1 killed, $5,000Tree fell on car on Red Schoolhouse Road killing an 80 year old woman inside.
January 1997Winter WeatherCountywide3 hurtno account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindNew City1 hurt, $5,000A tree down on an occupied car on Laurel Road between Wayne Avenue and Capitol Court. Driver sustained a minor hand injury.
April 2013LightningUpper Nyack1 hurtLightning struck a home in Airmont, causing a man to move across an interior room. He was not injured. Lightning also tore off shingles and bowed a wall of a neighboring house.
August 2011LightningCentral Nyack1 hurtA 45 year old man was struck by lightning at the Tilcon Rock Quarry in West Nyack.
June 2001LightningHaverstraw1 hurtno account filed
June 2001Flash FloodSuffern1 hurtno account filed
October 1990Tornado (F0)not stated1 hurtno account filed
September 2021Flash FloodBear Mtn$3,130,000Flash flooding resulted in an estimated $3,126,485 in damages across Rockland County. This estimate is based on FEMA grant money awarded under the Individuals and Household Program (IHP), which includes funds for both housing assistance and other needs.
October 2018Tornado (EF1)Willow Grove$25,000A National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Survey Team, in conjunction with the Rockland County Office of Fire and Emergency Services, conducted a storm survey of the damage around Stony Point New York. Based on the results of this survey and NWS Doppler Radar the following has been determined. The tornado originated in Harriman State Park west of the Palisades Interstate Parkway and Gate Hill Road, and ended near Wilderness Drive in Stony Point. Numerous trees were uprooted and down. The most severe damage is consistent with maximum wind speeds of around 100 MPH, |which indicates this was an EF-1 tornado. The tornado had a maximum path width of around 100 yards and was on the ground continuously for around one and one-half miles.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindStony Pt$25,000Numerous trees were reported down in Stony Point, including some into houses. In addition, numerous wires were reported down as well.
September 2003Heavy RainSpring Vly$25,000Periods of heavy rain resulted in the Pascack Brook overflowing its' banks around midnight and basement flooding in Stony Point around 1 am EDT on the 28th. At least 3 feet of water collected in a basement, which resulted in $25 thousand dollars in property damage.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindTallman$15,000Large tree fell onto a truck on Kevin Drive. The tree also blocked the road and took down power lines.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindGarnersville$11,000Spotter reported a large tree down on a house in Garnerville. Time estimated by radar.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindGarnersville$11,000Large tree into house at 15 Bloom Street.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindRockland Lake$10,000Picture of large tree down on police vehicle near Congers NY and Valley Cottage NY.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindUpper Nyack$10,000Multiple reports of downed trees (and branches) and power lines in the town of Valley Cottage. Some locations include Milburn Court and Flower Lane, Kings Highway between Maple and Old Mill, and Old Mill and Boxberger.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindPearl River$10,000Large tree fell on top of a car crushing it with nobody inside.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindSpring Vly Arpt$10,000A tree down on Condo on Treetop Circle.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindNyack$10,000A large tree was reported down on a car at the intersection of US Route 9W and Christian Herald Road.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNew City$10,000A large tree fell onto a house along Mill Creek Road in New City.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindOrangeburg$10,000Numerous trees and power lines were reported down in the town of Orangetown.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSparkill$10,000A tree was reported down across a car at 283 Kings Highway in Orangeburg.
July 2010LightningPearl River$10,000Lightning struck a detached garage along West Crooked Hill Road, causing a fire.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCedar Flats$9,000A tree was downed onto a car at Exit 16 of the Palisades State Parkway.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$7,500Tree on home on Broadway Street in Haverstraw.
June 2021LightningMonsey$6,000House struck by lightning with smoke coming from the electric panel with fire department dispatched.
August 2019LightningBardonia$6,000A house struck by lightning on Overlook Road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindUpper Nyack$5,000A line of substantial trees were damaged that runs several streets through a neighborhood near Radcliff Drive in Upper Nyack NY.
August 2019LightningRockland Lake$5,000Electric pole struck by lightning with primary wires down and on fire at Kings Highway and Miller Road.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindDoodletown$5,000Tree fell on car on 9W just north of Iona Island in Bear Mountain State Park with no injuries.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNew City$5,000A tree was reported down on a house in New City.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNew City$5,000Around a dozen trees and several power lines were reported down in New City, including across Route 304 and near Goebel Road.
July 2011LightningSparkill$5,000Lightning struck a substation, knocking out power to over 2500 people.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindTappan$5,000Multiple trees and power lines were reported down in the town of Tappan.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$4,000Three trees were reported down in West Haverstraw, across Samsondale Avenue, South Central Highway, and at the intersection of Route 9W and Gurnee Avenue.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$4,000A partial roof collapse was reported at a building located on Railroad Avenue.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$3,000Trees and wires down on US 9W southbound between Gurnee Avenue and Short Clove Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$3,000Trees and powerlines down in Haverstraw reported on social media and on scanners.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindUpper Nyack$3,000Large tree uprooted, pulling up the sidewalk with power lines down on North Broadway.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindMonsey Hgts$3,000Power out with tree that fell on Saddle River Road in Spring Valley.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindDoodletown$3,000Trees reported down across road in Bear Mountain State Park.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindGarnerville$3,000A tree down blocking Filors Lane. Also a few other reports of trees down elsewhere around town.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindNew City$3,000Numerous trees, wires and poles were reported down around town.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$3,000Part of a roof was torn off of an apartment building in Village on the Green.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindStony Pt$3,000Numerous trees were reported down on houses and power lines along Hoke Drive.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindSuffern$3,000A large tree was reported down, blocking two lanes of US Route 202 at Lake Road in Ramapo.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindCamp Hill$2,000Trees and wires down on Old Pomona Road and Camp Hill Road.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindMonsey Hgts$2,000Trees and wires down on Cherry Lane between South Lorna Lane and Edgebrook Lane.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindNyack$2,000Trees down on wires on North Broadway road.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindMt Ivy$2,000A tree was reported down, blocking part of the road on the Palisades Parkway.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$2,000Numerous trees were reported down across the town, with some trees on houses.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindOrangeburg$2,000Tree and wires were reported down in Blauvelt.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindRockland Lake$2,000Utility poles and power lines were reported down in Clarkstown.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindNew City$2,000A few trees and power lines were reported down in New City.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindOrangeburg$2,000Several trees were reported down near Orangeburg.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWillow Grove$1,500A downed tree was reported on the Palisades Parkway northbound between exits 13 and 14.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindTomkins Cove$1,500A tree was downed on US 9 near Buckberg Mountain Road in the town of Stony Point. US 9 was closed for 2 hours due to the downed tree.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGarnerville$1,500Wires were reported down in Stony Point and Garnerville.

Mines and quarries

22 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 22 workings inside this county. 6 still produce and 16 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Stone, Crushed/Broken7
Clay6
Sand and Gravel, Construction4
Graphite2
Iron1
Gypsum-Anhydrite1
Copper1
Zirconium1
Mica1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bering/Morehead MinesIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Ladentown Copper DepositCopper, ZirconiumOccurrence
Peter Wyant Mica Property DepositMica, GraphiteProspect
Stony Point MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Suffern DepositGraphiteProspect
Mount Ivy Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mount Ivy Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sparkill Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sparkill PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hl-008ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hl-008ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hl-009ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hl-009ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hl-010ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hl-010ClayPast Producer
Haverstraw QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Haverstraw QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Suffern QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tompkins Cove QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tompkins Cove QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
West Nyack QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
West Nyack Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every populated place in the county

72

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Rockland County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.