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Welcome to ScotchtownHighlander.com Welcome to the first Web site dedicated solely to Scotchtown, New York. Here at ScotchtownHighlander.com residents can search through genealogical records, locate books on local topics, and read articles on Scotchtown history. We also have a collection of links to sites of regional interest. Thank you for stopping by and please come again.
Where is Scotchtown? Scotchtown is located in the Town of Wallkill, in Orange County, New York. According to the U.S. census, Scotchtown is a CDP, or Census Designated Place. In other words, our neighborhood is not incorporated like a city or a village, but is locally identified by a place name. Technically speaking, Scotchtown’s southern border follows the Metro North-Port Jervis Line train tracks; Goshen Turnpike and Foster Road form the eastern border; Midland Lake Road is the border to the north; and the Quickway is the western border. Locally, however, some of the surrounding area is also considered Scotchtown. Historically the name refers to the cluster of homes built around the Presbyterian Church near the crossroads of Goshen Turnpike and Scotchtown Collabar Rd.
Other Interesting Facts According to census figures,
Scotchtown, NY had a population of 8,954 in the year 2000. Ten years
earlier the population was 8,765. To learn more, view Scotchtown’s
census demographic
profile The first site chosen for the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair was located in Scotchtown. Local officials and concerned residents forced the organizers to move the music festival to Bethel in Sullivan County. Check out this map of the proposed site from an original brochure. The last time we had a white
Christmas in Scotchtown was on Christmas Day 2002, when
roughly In the summer of 1843 the fossil remains of a mastodon were dug from a marl bed on the farm of William Connor about one fourth of a mile east of the Scotchtown Presbyterian Church [read more]. In October of 1962, Herman Blumel killed an anteater with a rock near his farm in Scotchtown. Check out this photograph of Mr. Blumel and his “trophy” from The Middletown Record. Although founded mostly by Scottish immigrants, only about 2.8% of Scotchtown’s current residents claim Scottish or Scotch-Irish ancestry. In fact, this percentage is slightly lower than the national average. The most common ancestry cited by Scotchtown residents in 2000 was Italian, with Irish listed as a close second. The ScotchtownHighlander.com logo was taken from a map of the Town of Wallkill found in J. M. Lathrop’s Atlas of Orange County, New York, which was published in 1903. View and download a larger section of this map to see more detail. The image makes a great desktop background too! D.S. Lawrence & Co.’s Orange County Directory for 1878-1879 lists 87 mailboxes for Scotchtown, including 53 farmers, 10 laborers, 3 carpenters, 1 widow, 1 pastor, 1 physician, 1 wagon maker, 1 blacksmith, and 1 merchant; the other 15 of the 87 not having an occupation listed. As of the year 2000, only 8 of Scotchtown’s 8,954 residents claimed occupations related to agriculture.
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News of Historical Interest The newly formed Town of Wallkill Historical Association was created to collect, preserve, document and display aural, visual, and physical artifacts which tell the history of life in the Town of Wallkill. The Association meets on the first Thursday of every month in the Town Hall on 99 Tower Drive at 7 p.m.
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for the year 2000. 
11
inches of snow fell in the neighborhood. Read how the Scotchtown
Presbyterian Church provided the city of Middletown with a Christmas
tree
in 2007 [
Town
of Wallkill Historian Dorothy Hunt-Ingrassia, with the help of assistant
town historian and educator Gwen Deserto, has recently authored
a new book on the Town of Wallkill in the popular Images
of America series. The 128-page book features rare photos
from The Historical Society of Middletown and the Wallkill Precinct,
the Town of Wallkill Historian’s collection and many private
owners. Copies of the new book are available for purchase at the
Town Clerk’s office in the Town Hall.
indicate the articles include photos and sketches, respectively.