Chenango Forks is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

located in Broome County,

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, United States. The community is situated partly in the town of Chenango and partly in the town of Barker. Chenango Forks, NY early 1900s

Chenango Forks is approximately north of

Binghamton Binghamton () is a city in the U.S. state of New York, and serves as the county seat of Broome County. Surrounded by rolling hills, it lies in the state's Southern Tier region near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the conflue ...

on Route 12 and is at the confluence of the Chenango and Tioughnioga rivers.

Chenango Valley State Park Chenango Valley State Park is a state park located in Broome County, New York in the United States. The park is located adjacent to the Chenango River in western part of the Town of Fenton. The park includes the 18-hole Chenango Valley State ...

is southwest of the hamlet. Chenango Forks is a few miles from the border of

Chenango County Chenango County is a county located in the south-central section U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,220. Its county seat is Norwich. The county's name originates from an Oneida word meaning 'large bull-thistle ...

. Chenango Forks is part of the Greater Binghamton

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. The

Chenango Canal Prism and Lock 107 Chenango Canal Prism and Lock 107 is a national historic district located at Chenango Forks in Broome County, New York, United States. The district includes four contributing structures. They are the guard lock and dam constructed between 1834 a ...

was listed on the

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in 2010.

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