Suffern is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
that was incorporated in 1796 in the town of
Ramapo in
Rockland County, New York
Rockland County is the southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. It is about from the Bronx at their closest points. The county's population, as of t ...
. Suffern is located 31 miles northwest of
Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...
. As of the 2010 census, Suffern's population was 10,723.
[DP-1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 from the 2010 Demographic Profile Data]
, United States Census Bureau
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. Accessed September 26, 2017.
History
"The Point of the Mountains" or "Sidman's Clove" were names used before the
American Revolution
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to designate the present village of Suffern. The area originally was inhabited by the
Ramapough, a tribe of
Munsee
The Munsee (or Minsi or Muncee) or mə́n'si·w ( del, Monsiyok)Online Lenape Talking Dictionary, "Munsee Indians"Link/ref> are a subtribe of the Lenape, originally constituting one of the three great divisions of that nation and dwelling along ...
, who were a division of the
Lenape tribe. Upon Sidman's death, this land passed into the hands of his son-in-law, John Smith, who sold it to John Suffern.
The village of Suffern was founded in 1796. John Suffern, first Rockland County judge, 1798–1806, settled near the base of the
Ramapo Mountains
The Ramapo Mountains are a forested chain of the Appalachian Mountains in northeastern New Jersey and southeastern New York, in the United States. They range in height from in New Jersey, and in New York.
Several parks and forest preserves en ...
in 1773, and called the place New Antrim, after his home in
County Antrim
County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population o ...
,
Northern Ireland
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. His French
Huguenot
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ancestors had settled there after fleeing religious persecution in France. New Antrim's location was considered strategically important in the
Revolutionary War because it was at an important crossroads near Ramapo Pass. General
George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of ...
and other important military leaders used John Suffern's home as headquarters when they were in the area.
This history has been recognized by the town. Suffern is a stop on the
Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
The Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route is a series of roads used in 1781 by the Continental Army under the command of George Washington and the Expédition Particulière under the command of Jean-Baptiste de Rochambeau during their 1 ...
National Historic Trail, under the auspices of the
National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propert ...
. This trail commemorates the route followed by General Washington and the French
Comte de Rochambeau
Marshal Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, 1 July 1725 – 10 May 1807, was a French nobleman and general whose army played the decisive role in helping the United States defeat the British army at Yorktown in 1781 during the ...
as they traveled to the siege of
Yorktown, Virginia
Yorktown is a census-designated place (CDP) in York County, Virginia. It is the county seat of York County, one of the eight original shires formed in colonial Virginia in 1682. Yorktown's population was 195 as of the 2010 census, while York Co ...
, which led to victory for the United States in gaining independence.
Rochambeau made encampment with his 5,000 soldiers in Suffern on August 25, 1781, on his way to Yorktown, and again on September 13, 1782, as he retraced his steps to New York.
An historical marker on the Washington Avenue side of the Lafayette Theatre identifies this site of "Rochambeau's Encampment 1781–1782". The National Park Service has installed a wayside panel near the gazebo in Suffern to commemorate Rochambeau's encampment in Suffern. At the time of the encampment, this site was directly across the road from village founder John Suffern's home and tavern where the Count de Rochambeau stayed.
Based on an 1860 painting of John Suffern's home that showed the well in the side yard, his home would have been in at the area of Licata Insurance. The well is in the basement of the furniture store.
During the war, Commander-in-Chief General Washington and his regiment made camp in the village several times. Lafayette Avenue, the main street of Suffern, is named in honor of Revolutionary War hero Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, better known as the
Marquis de Lafayette
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette (, ), was a French aristocrat, freemason and military officer who fought in the American Revolutio ...
.
Other guests who took advantage of Suffern's hospitality included
Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Burr, who later became the third Vice President of the United States; General
George Clinton, who became the first (and longest-serving) elected
Governor of New York, as well as the fourth Vice President of the United States (under both
Thomas Jefferson
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and
James Madison
James Madison Jr. (March 16, 1751June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father. He served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for h ...
); and
Alexander Hamilton, first
United States Secretary of the Treasury
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under President Washington.
From Suffern to
Monroe was a main route of travel through the western
Hudson Highlands
The Hudson Highlands are mountains on both sides of the Hudson River in New York state lying primarily in Putnam County on its east bank and Orange County on its west. They continue somewhat to the south in Westchester County and Rockland Count ...
. The main road was the
Albany Post Road
The Albany Post Road was a post road – a road used for mail delivery – in the U.S. state of New York. It connected New York City and Albany along the east side of the Hudson River, a service now performed by U.S. Route 9 (US 9).
H ...
, one of the oldest roads in the state, which served as the
stagecoach line between
Albany and New York City . Once the
Hudson River
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froze in winter, the Post Road was heavily traveled as an alternate. The of road through Ramapo Pass was later developed as the
Orange Turnpike
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(now known as
Route 17). Tolls were collected from 1800 until 1886 to maintain and improve the road. The
New York State Thruway now runs through the pass. The south entrance to the town was garrisoned during the Revolution, with General Washington ordering as many as 400 soldiers to be stationed there at all times.
The first railroad line across Rockland County, the
Erie Railroad
The Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in the northeastern United States, originally connecting New York City — more specifically Jersey City, New Jersey, where Erie's Pavonia Terminal, long demolished, used to stand — with Lake Er ...
, was built in 1841 and ran from
Piermont to Ramapo. By 1851, the line was extended to
Lake Erie
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, and was considered an engineering marvel. The tracks are now owned by the
Norfolk Southern
The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31, ...
line. In consideration for the right-of-way given it by Judge Edward Suffern, son of founder John, to lay track across his of land, the Erie Railroad named their depot "Suffern's Station." The village became known as Suffern, not New Antrim, as it had been called by John Suffern.
In 1897,
Avon Products, known then as California Perfume Company, built a laboratory in Suffern. By 1971 the lab had been expanded into the Avon Suffern Research and Development facility. In late 2005, construction was finished on a state-of-the art, facility that would become Avon's global hub for research and development. The new building was constructed on the same site as their previous R&D facility, which was demolished for site parking.
In 1916, what would become
New York State Route 59
New York State Route 59 (NY 59) is an east–west state highway in southern Rockland County, New York, in the United States. The route extends for from NY 17 in Hillburn to U.S. Route 9W (US 9W) in Nyack. In Suffern, ...
, which reached from
Nyack to
Spring Valley in 1915, was extended to Suffern and Ramapo Hamlet.
In 1924, the
Lafayette Theatre, named for the Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette, opened its doors.
In 1972, the
Salvation Army moved their School for Officer Training to a site in Suffern. They took over the former Catholic School for Holy Children.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of , of which , or 1.42%, is water.
Suffern is designated as a gateway to the
Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
The Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area a congressionally designated area which includes the Hudson Valley in the U.S. state of New York from Saratoga Springs south almost to New York City. It is one of 55 National Heritage Areas in the U ...
.
Demographics
As of the census
of 2000, there were 11,006 people, 4,634 households, and 2,836 families residing in the village. The population density was 5,265.8 people per square mile (2,033.2/km
2). There were 4,762 housing units at an average density of 2,278.4 per square mile (879.7/km
2). The racial makeup of the village was 86.83%
white
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, 3.53%
African American
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, 0.26%
Native American, 2.83%
Asian
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, 0.09%
Pacific Islander
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, 4.52% from
other races
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Other or The Other may also refer to:
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* ''The Other'' (1930 film), a ...
, and 1.94% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties forme ...
or
Latino
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* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 12.87% of the population.
There were 4,634 households, out of which 25.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.6% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.8% were non-families. 32.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 20.1% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 32.9% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.7 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $59,754, and the median income for a family was $74,937. Males had a median income of $46,959 versus $36,093 for females. The per capita income for the village was $29,208. About 3.5% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.6% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.
Economy
Novartis
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Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (global research).name="novartis.com">https://www.novartis.com/research-development/research-loc ...
had a manufacturing facility in Suffern, employing approximately 525 workers.
In January 2014, the company announced closure of this facility by 2017, citing loss of patent exclusivity on
Diovan
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as a major factor in the decision.
The facility was engaged in the "production of tablets, capsules, vials and inhalation products".[
Avon's Global Research and Development facility is located in Suffern, employing 350 scientists and technicians in developing cosmetics.]
Arts and culture
Historical markers
* Rochambeau Encampment, Lafayette and Washington avenues
* Soldier's Monument, also known as Washington Ave. Monument, Washington and Lafayette avenues ( NRHP)
* Suffern's Depot, 1 Erie Plaza
* Suffern Grammar School, 41 Wayne Avenue
* Suffern's Sacred Heart Parish, 129 Lafayette Avenue
* Suffern's Tavern Site, Washington and Lafayette avenues – Suffern's tavern sheltered many Continental Army officers, including Gen. Washington and Aaron Burr, commander of the troops guarding the Ramapo Pass. Torn down about 1856.
Landmarks and places of interest
* Brooklands Park – Lake Road – Site of Brooklands, home of Daniel Carter Beard
Daniel Carter "Uncle Dan" Beard (June 21, 1850 – June 11, 1941) was an American illustrator, author, youth leader, Georgist and social reformer who founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905, which Beard later merged with the Boy Scouts of Am ...
, a founder of Boy Scouts of America.
* Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area – Suffern is a designated gateway to the HRVNHA.
* Lafayette Theatre – 97 Lafayette Avenue. Rockland's only surviving movie palace, opened in 1924, and having a renovated 1931 Wurlitzer pipe organ installed by the American Theatre Organ Society
The American Theatre Organ Society (ATOS) is an American non-profit organization, dedicated to preserving and promoting the theatre pipe organ and its musical art form.
ATOS consists of regional member-chapters, and is led by democratically e ...
in 1992.
* Suffern Free Library – 210 Lafayette Avenue. The Ramapo Room contains historical books, clippings and photographs of western Ramapo.
* Suffern Railroad Museum – 1 Erie Plaza
* Suffern Village Museum – 61 Washington Avenue – Exhibits relating to the history of Suffern and the Ramapo area. Includes displays relating to American Indians, original Avon products, nearby iron mines, and Dan Beard, one of the founders of the Boy Scouts of America. Traveling Trunk program is available for classroom use.
* U.S. Post Office
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– Built during the New Deal, is located on Chestnut Street between NY 59 and US 202
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, on the northern edge of the village's downtown business district. (NRHP)
* Washington Avenue Soldier's Monument and Triangle
The Washington Avenue Soldier's Monument is located at the junction of that street and Lafayette Avenue ( NY 59) in the village of Suffern, New York, United States. It sits on a small piece of land in the middle of the street known locally as the T ...
– Washington Avenue (NRHP)
* Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
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Wayside Panel near gazebo
Government
Suffern's government is headed by a mayor, Michael Curley. The mayor presides over a village board consisting of four trustees. The village is represented in the United States House of Representatives
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by Mondaire Jones
Mondaire L. Jones (born May 18, 1987) is an American lawyer and politician who was the U.S. representative for from 2021 to 2023. The district includes most of central and northwestern Westchester County and all of Rockland County. A member of ...
. In state government, it is represented by Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick and Assemblyman Mike Lawler. Suffern falls within the borders of the town of Ramapo, with Michael Specht serving as supervisor.
Education
Suffern Middle School is the junior high school of the Suffern Central School District (SCSD), and is located in the village Montebello, adjacent to Suffern. The 1,200 grade 6-8 students educated there hail from Airmont, Suffern, Montebello, Hillburn, Sloatsburg and parts of Monsey.
The village is home to Richard P. Connor Elementary School, also part of SCSD. Viola Elementary School is located in the neighboring CDP of Viola. High school students are zoned to Suffern High School.
In 2013, Cherry Lane Elementary School, located in the neighboring Village of Airmont and part of SCSD, became one of the Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award winners awarded by the U.S. Department of Education
The United States Department of Education is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Department ...
.
Rockland Community College
Rockland Community College (RCC) is a public community college in the town of Ramapo, New York in Rockland County. It is part of the State University of New York. The college, established in 1959, became the 18th community college to join the ...
, part of the SUNY system, is located just outside the village limits.
Media
* ''The Irishman
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'' was filmed in Suffern.
* Parts of ''Manifest
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Computing
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* Manifest (CLI), a metadata text file for CLI assemblies
Events
* Manifest (convention), a defunct anime festival in Melbourne, Aus ...
'' were filmed near Soldier's Monument and the Lafayette Theatre.
* Suffern was the fictional setting for Aidan's country house in the HBO TV Show ''Sex And The City
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'', Season 4, Episode 57, "Sex and the Country"
Infrastructure
Transportation
Suffern station serves both local and express trains, operated by New Jersey Transit
New Jersey Transit Corporation, branded as NJ Transit, and often shortened to NJT, is a state-owned public transportation system that serves the U.S. state of New Jersey, along with portions of New York State and Pennsylvania. It operates bu ...
to Hoboken Terminal
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with connecting service at Secaucus Junction
Secaucus Junction (known as Secaucus Transfer during planning stages and signed simply as Secaucus) is a NJ Transit Rail Operations commuter rail hub in Secaucus, New Jersey.
The $450 million, station opened on December 15, 2003, and was ded ...
to New York's Pennsylvania Station
Pennsylvania Station (often abbreviated Penn Station) is a name applied by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) to several of its grand passenger terminals. Several are still in active use by Amtrak and other transportation services; others have been ...
. Most New Jersey Transit Main Line trains terminate at Suffern; some Bergen County Line
The Bergen County Line is a commuter rail line and service owned and operated by New Jersey Transit in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The line loops off the Main Line between the Meadowlands and Glen Rock, with trains continuing in either dir ...
trains also terminate at Suffern; and Metro-North Railroad's Port Jervis Line
The Port Jervis Line is a predominantly single-track commuter rail line running between Suffern and Port Jervis, in the U.S. state of New York. At Suffern, the line continues south into New Jersey as NJ Transit's Main Line. The line is operate ...
trains continue into Orange County
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to Port Jervis
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. Transport of Rockland buses serve Suffern, as do the Bergen County routes of Coach USA
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ShortLine.
U.S. Route 202
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, New York State Route 59
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, Interstate 287
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, and Interstate 87, also known as the New York State Thruway, go through Suffern.
Notable people
* Nicholas Allard
Nicholas W. Allard (born October 4, 1952) is an American attorney and founding Dean of the Jacksonville University College of Law.
Biography
Allard grew up in Northport, Long Island, New York, and in Suffern, New York. He was inspired to go to ...
(born 1952), dean and president of Brooklyn Law School
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Brookly ...
* Christine Andreas
Christine Andreas (born October 1, 1951) is an American Broadway actress and singer.
Biography
Andreas was born in Camden, New Jersey, to James Francis Andreas, a systems analyst, and Teresa Cecilia Genovese Andreas. She graduated from Suffern ...
(born 1951), singer and two-time Tony
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* Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leagu ...
-nominated Broadway actress; credits include ''My Fair Lady
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'', ''Oklahoma!
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'', and ''On Your Toes
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While teaching music at Knickerbocker University, Phil "Junior" Dolan ...
''
* Dave Annable
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(born 1979), actor, best known for playing the role of Justin Walker in ABC's ''Brothers & Sisters''
* Daniel Carter Beard
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(1850–1941), a founder of Boy Scouts of America
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* Jay Beckenstein
Jay Barnet Beckenstein (born May 14, 1951) is an American saxophonist, composer, producer, and the co-founder of the band Spyro Gyra. He owned BearTracks Studios in Suffern, New York.
Music career
Beckenstein was born in Long Island, New Yor ...
, of jazz fusion group Spyro Gyra, built his recording studio, BearTracks Studios, in Suffern
* Christina Bianco, actress and viral video star
* Mike Bodker, mayor of Johns Creek, Georgia
* Ralph Borsodi
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, economist and social critic who moved to Suffern in 1920 and eventually founded the School of Living nearby
* Keith Bulluck
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, former NFL Pro Bowl
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middle linebacker
* Chris Caffery
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Biography ...
, guitarist for Savatage
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and Trans-Siberian Orchestra
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, now solo artist
* Otis H. Cutler (1866–1922), businessman and politician
* Will Cunnane, MLB
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pitcher for the Atlanta Braves
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, San Diego Padres
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, and former manager of the Colorado Rockies[Armstrong, Kevin]
"Colorado manager Walt Weiss, raised in Suffern, living the mile-high life with Rockies"
'' New York Daily News'', May 11, 2013. Accessed September 26, 2017. "Durability was always a point of pride for Weiss as baseball carried him to all four corners of the country. Born in Tuxedo, N.Y., and raised in neighboring Suffern, 35 miles north of Manhattan, he reported to the home dugout inside parks from Pocatello, Idaho, to Huntsville, Ala., to Tacoma, Wash., to Oakland, Miami and Atlanta."
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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Suffern, New York
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Villages in New York (state)
Villages in Rockland County, New York