Swastika, New York
Swastika is an unincorporated community in the town of Black Brook, Clinton County, New York, in the United States.[1] The community is 19 miles southwest of Plattsburgh. Like Swastika, Ontario, the community is commonly included on lists of strange place names because of the swastika, a symbol used frequently in ancient Eurasia and in Nazism.
History
A post office called Swastika operated from 1913 until 1958.[2]
gollark: Bugs!
gollark: Anyone got suggestions for what to call the achievement for achieving an achievement?
gollark: Maybe not variable declarations
gollark: Everything. Including addition, subtraction, all function calls, variable declarations...
gollark: Idea: a sane language, but everything is asynchronous.
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Swastika, New York
- "Clinton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
Municipalities and communities of Clinton County, New York, United States | ||
|---|---|---|
| City |  Map of New York highlighting Clinton County | |
| Towns | ||
| Villages | ||
| CDPs | ||
| Other hamlets | ||
| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
  | ||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.