Union Grove, New York

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Union Grove, New York was a former Catskills hamlet that was permanently submerged in the mid-20th century to create the Pepacton Reservoir, part of New York City’s water supply system.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Union Grove, New York canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former hamlet ⓘ
submerged settlement ⓘ
causeOfPopulationDisplacement relocation for reservoir project ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
documentedIn New York City water supply planning records ⓘ
regional Catskills histories ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation lost Catskills community ⓘ
historicalRegion Catskills ⓘ
linked to: Catskills region
historicalUse local commercial center ⓘ
rural residential community ⓘ
locatedIn Catskill Mountains ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Delaware County, New York ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
locatedInTime 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
locatedInWatershed Delaware River watershed ⓘ
locatedNear Andes, New York ⓘ
Downsville, New York ⓘ
locatedNextTo East Branch Delaware River ⓘ
locatedUnder Pepacton Reservoir ⓘ
partOf area condemned for Pepacton Reservoir ⓘ
partOfProject New York City Catskill water supply system ⓘ
reasonForDestruction construction of Pepacton Reservoir ⓘ
replacedBy Pepacton Reservoir ⓘ
status permanently submerged ⓘ
submergedBy Pepacton Reservoir ⓘ
submergedFor New York City water supply system ⓘ
submergedInDecade 1950s ⓘ
submergedInPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
waterBody Pepacton Reservoir ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pepacton Reservoir → formedBySubmerging → Union Grove, New York ⓘ
Arena, New York → locatedNearFormerSettlement → Union Grove, New York ⓘ