Slate Hill, New York

Slate Hill is one of the eight hamlets found in the town of Wawayanda, New York. It is home to the Minisink Valley Central School District. Slate Hill is found in Orange County, New York, one of the fastest growing counties in the state Fact|date=January 2008. The area, along with its surrounding regions, has seen a recent surge in population growth that can be partially attributed to suburbanization from the New York City metropolitan area.Fact|date=September 2007

Origins

At the dawn of the American Revolution, a Native American by the name of Keghgekapowell supposedly received a patent for the land of present day Slate Hill, as this is the name found on the Wawayanda Patent. When his tribe, probably from the Algonquin Nation of the Lenni Lenape Fact|date=January 2008, had left the land to go West, Keghgekapowell was said to have gone with them never to return Fact|date=January 2008. The site of his abandoned estate is located on a hill on present day Jogee Road Fact|date=January 2008. The road was named after Keghgekapowell since his name had taken the simpler form of Jogee by European settlers. ^{[http://townofwawayanda.com/content/newsletter_details.asp?ArticleID=4]}

One of the early settlers, Richard Wood, built Woodlawn Farm, and was one of the original members of the Primitive Baptist Church of Brookfield. Both his house and church, the oldest buildings in Slate Hill, still stand and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Slate Hill was originally to be named Brookfield, for the brook that encircled the community. When the postal system was establishing itself after the American Revolution, the government had discovered that there already existed a Brookfield in Madison County, N.Y. and thus opted for the name Slate Hill Fact|date=January 2008.

Politics

Slate Hill is currently in New York's 19th congressional district. It's current Congressperson is Democrat John Hall. Although previously thought to be comprised mostly of Republican supporters, out of the reported $91,039 in presidential campaign contributions accounted for by Slate Hill's area code of 10973, $47,900 has been contributed to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. ^{[http://www.opensecrets.org/ziplookup/index.php?zip=10973&submit=Go%21]} Locally, Slate Hill's Town Hall is located within the town of Wawayanda, New York, with the following elected officials serving the township:

*John Razzano - Supervisor - Republican
*David Cole - Deputy Supervisor - Republican
*Edward Krajewski - Councilperson - Republican
*Richard Penaluna III - Councilperson - Republican
*Denise Quinn - Councilperson - Republican
*Peter Gromacki - Town Justice
*Timothy McElduff - Town Justice

External links

* [http://www.waydems.org Wawayanda Democratic Committee]
* [http://www.townofwawayanda.com Official Town of Wawayanda Website]
* [http://www.slatehillfd.com Wawayanda Fire Co. Inc. - Slate Hill Fire District Official Website]