Westbrookville 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 ...

in the town of Deerpark in

Orange County, New York Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 401,310. The county seat is Goshen. This county was first created in 1683 and reorganized with its present boundaries in 1798. Orange ...

, United States, along

US 209 U.S. Route 209 (US 209) is a long U.S. Highway in the states of Pennsylvania and New York. Although the route is a spur of US 9, US 209 never intersects US 9, coming within five miles of the route and making the short ...

. Westbrookville was named for Dirck Van Keuren Westbrook, an early settler. Fort Westbrook, dating back to the

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, is extant. The 1900-1940 US Census lists it as part of Mamakating in Sullivan County. Situated between

Port Jervis Port Jervis is a city located at the confluence of the Neversink and Delaware rivers in western Orange County, New York, United States, north of the Delaware Water Gap. Its population was 8,775 at the 2020 census. The communities of Deerpark, ...

and Wurtsboro, it is close to the borders of

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

and

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. Westbrookville is located within the

Port Jervis City School District Port Jervis City School District (PJCSD) is an American school district headquartered in Port Jervis, New York. The district runs four schools, 2 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and one high school. The district's students come from Port Jer ...

. It contains many small businesses and Westbrookville Cemetery. The hamlet once housed the J. E. Ashworth & Sons blanket mill. According to the Census Bureau, New York's center of population is located three miles away from Westbrookville in the hamlet to its south,

Cuddebackville Cuddebackville is a hamlet in the town of Deerpark, located in Orange County, New York, United States. Taking US-209, Its location is about north of Port Jervis. Cuddebackville is home to Hamilton Bicentennial Elementary School which is run by ...

Notable people

H. Frank Bigger – Orange County Sheriff (1994–2002) Karl A. Brabenec – New York State Assemblyman, 98th District (2014–present)

Images

File:PineHillFalls 1910circa copy.jpg, Pinekill Falls File:Race Ashworth's Blanket Mill, Westbrookville, rear view (postcard).jpg, Ashworth's Blanket Mill, showing millrace in rear

References

External links

The Town of Deerpark Website
{{Orange County, New York Hamlets in Orange County, New York Hamlets in New York (state) Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown metropolitan area