Sickletown was a
hamlet
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in the town of
Orangetown in
Rockland County
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,
New York
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, United States. It was located north of
Nauraushaun, east of the state of
New Jersey
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, south of
Nanuet
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, and west of
Blauvelt.
History
Sickletown was a hamlet named after the Sickles family located along the east and west side of Sickletown Road, also named after them. A few of the sandstone homes, mostly Pre-Revolutionary, built by the members of the Sickles family remain.
In the early 1870s,
Pearl River
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was divided in five different parts: Sickletown,
Nauraushaun,
Middletown Pascack and Muddy Brook.
Further reading
*Green, Frank Bertangue. MD, ''The History of Rockland County'':
Hamlets in Rockland County, New York
Hamlets in New York (state)
Former populated places in Rockland County, New York
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