Woodbourne, New York

Woodbourne
Woodbourne
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID	971607

Woodbourne is a

hamlet (and census-designated place)^[2] in the town of Fallsburg in Sullivan County, New York

, United States.

Woodbourne is bordered by the town of

Loch Sheldrake, the hamlet of Old Falls and the hamlet of Hasbrouck. The major thoroughfares of Woodbourne are New York State Routes 42 and 52. The center of the hamlet is where the two highways briefly overlap and cross the Neversink River

.

Woodbourne is in the

Orthodox Jewish

residents from New York City, New Jersey and other surrounding Jewish population centers. With this, the local economy expands in the warmer months as locally owned small businesses thrive until approximately Labor Day Weekend, marking the typical end of summer.

Early history

According to the Sullivan County Historical Society,

Delaware & Hudson Canal. The decline of the tanning industry, which resulted from the decline in the hemlock forests in Sullivan county, and the arrival of the New York, Ontario and Western Railway

in the early 1870s led to a decline in Woodbourne's importance, as the railway became the main driver of commerce in the region.

Landmarks and places of interest

B'nai Israel Synagogue
Center Theatre, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Neversink River, which flows through the town.
Woodbourne Correctional Facility
Woodbourne Reformed Church Complex, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

References

^ United States Census Bureau, 2020 U.S. Census Results, Woodbourne CDP, New York https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Woodbourne%20CDP,%20New%20York
^ "State of New York Census Designated Places - Current/BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2019". tigerweb.geo.census.gov. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
^ Sullivan County Historical Society [1]The Sullivan County Historical Society's web page

[1] United States Census Bureau, 2020 U.S. Census Results, Woodbourne CDP, New York https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Woodbourne%20CDP,%20New%20York

[2] "State of New York Census Designated Places - Current/BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2019". tigerweb.geo.census.gov. Retrieved February 25, 2020.

[3] Sullivan County Historical Society [1]The Sullivan County Historical Society's web page

[2]

Towns		Bethel Callicoon Cochecton Delaware Fallsburg Forestburgh Fremont Highland Liberty Lumberland Mamakating Neversink Rockland Thompson Tusten
Villages	Bloomingburg Jeffersonville Liberty Monticello Woodridge Wurtsboro
CDPs	Barryville Bridgeville Callicoon Eldred Fallsburg Grahamsville Hankins Hurleyville Hortonville Kauneonga Lake Kiamesha Lake Lake Huntington Livingston Manor Loch Sheldrake Mongaup Valley Mountain Dale Narrowsburg Rock Hill Roscoe Smallwood South Fallsburg Swan Lake White Lake Woodbourne Wurtsboro Hills
Other hamlets	Burlingham Callicoon Center Debruce Ferndale Fremont Center Glen Spey Handsome Eddy Harris Haven Highland Lake Kenoza Lake Lew Beach‡ Long Eddy Minisink Ford North Branch Obernburg Parksville Pond Eddy Summitville White Sulphur Springs Youngsville Yulan
Indian reservation	Stockbridge–Munsee Community‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in another county or counties.
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