Fallsburg is a
hamlet
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and
census-designated place
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(CDP) in the
town of Fallsburg in
Sullivan County,
New York
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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the
2020 census.
[
The community is in eastern Sullivan County, in the center of the town of Fallsburg. It is bordered to the south by ]South Fallsburg
South Fallsburg is a hamlet and census-designated place in Sullivan County, New York, United States. South Fallsburg is located within the Town of Fallsburg at (41.716489, -74.630279).
History
South Fallsburg is located in the one-time resort ...
and to the north by Woodbourne. The Neversink River
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, a tributary of the Delaware River
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, flows from north to south through the community. New York State Route 42
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passes through the community, following the west side of the Neversink. The highway leads north to Woodbourne and to Grahamsville, while to the southwest it leads to Monticello
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.
Demographics
References
Census-designated places in Sullivan County, New York
Census-designated places in New York (state)
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