Putnam County Places, Names, Boundaries & Dates
Over the years, the boundaries and names of Putnam County and of its political subdivisions changed frequently.
1683 Civil Divisions of Dutchess County formed by Colonial Legislature
1697 Philipse Patent granted to Adolph Philipse
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1719 Dutchess County divided into 3 “divisions” called “wards”
1731 Thomas Hawley and others receive patent for The Oblong
1737 Area styled “South Precinct” by Colonial Assembly
1754 Patent divided into 9 lots after death of Adolph Philipse
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1772 Precinct divided into Southeast, Philips, and Fredericksburgh Precincts
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1778 Precincts become towns
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1795 Act to divide Frederickstown and Southeast Town into towns of Carmel, Frederick, Franklin, and Southeast
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1806 Fishkill annexes northwest corner of Philipstown
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1808 Name of Franklin changed to Patterson
1812 Act to divide Dutchess County, creating Putnam County
1817 Name of Frederick changed to Kent
1839 Philipstown divided, and Town of Quincy created
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1840 Name of Quincy changed to Putnam Valley
1861 Part of Carmel west of Peekskill Hollow Creek annexed by Putnam Valley
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1879 Northwestern Philipstown ceded to Kent
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