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CLOWESVILLE
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ON MARCH 1, 1837 THE RAILROAD OPENED TO HICKSVILLE - BY JUNE 1837 CLOWESVILLE IS LISTED AS A STOP. BY JUNE 1845 CLOWSVILLE (SIC) IS LISTED WITH THIS NOTE: "DURING SESSION OF COURT". THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE SEE CLOWEVILLE LISTED UNTIL EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER THREE OF JUNE 1897. |
SINCE GARDEN CITY PARK WAS AT THE LOCATION OF
THE LATER MERILLON AVENUE STATION CLOWESVILLE
COULD NOT HAVE BEEN. WE NOW BELIEVE THAT
"CLOWESVILLE" STATION WAS LOCATED AT HERRICKS ROAD.
SUNY STONY BROOK HAS ON THEIR WEBSITE
THIS 1837 MAP WHICH SHOWS CLOWESVILLE THERE
L.I.R.R. CROSSING LISTS FROM 1900, 1908, 1918 AND 1935
IDENTIFY HERRICKS ROAD AS "OLD COURT HOUSE LANE".
FROM: THE ROSLYN NEWS
ON LINE EDITION FRIDAY February 20, 2009
What Do You Know About Herricks?
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES INCLUDING:
THE ROSLYN NEWS, WIKIPEDIA AND DAVID ROBERTS at BROOKLYN GENEALOGY
FROM AN 1838 REPORT:
THE FORMER COUNTY COURTHOUSE WAS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE
INTERSECTION OF JERICHO TURNPIKE AND COUNTY COURTHOUSE ROAD
HERRICKS ROAD HAD BEEN KNOWN AS "OLD COURT HOUSE LANE".
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THE LATER MERILLON AVENUE STATION CLOWESVILLE
COULD NOT HAVE BEEN. WE NOW BELIEVE THAT
"CLOWESVILLE" STATION WAS LOCATED AT HERRICKS ROAD.
SUNY STONY BROOK HAS ON THEIR WEBSITE
THIS 1837 MAP WHICH SHOWS CLOWESVILLE THERE
L.I.R.R. CROSSING LISTS FROM 1900, 1908, 1918 AND 1935
IDENTIFY HERRICKS ROAD AS "OLD COURT HOUSE LANE".
FROM: THE ROSLYN NEWS
ON LINE EDITION FRIDAY February 20, 2009
What Do You Know About Herricks?
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In 1786, the new county courthouse and seat of government was opened a few hundred feet from what is now the northwest corner of Jericho Turnpike and Herricks Road. The area quickly got nicknamed "Clowesville," most certainly after Samuel Clowes (1722-1800) a high-ranking Queens County judge who purchased a house nearby. To many of the lawyers and others who had to trudge out there for official business, the dingy courthouse seemed to be truly in the middle of nowhere, and the name Clowesville may not have been exactly complimentary (half a century later, there was still just a single tavern and a few inns renting rooms nearby, among the scattered houses). On court days, farmers sold snacks, ales and liquor from booths (drunkenness at court was a longtime problem), and there were occasional fairs and other entertainments. In 1837, the railroad connected Jamaica and Hicksville, and on the days the courts or the Board of Supervisors (the county legislature) were in session, trains would make a Clowesville stop at approximately the location of the present Merillon Avenue Station (the fare from Brooklyn was 37 and one-half cents for many years). A permanent post office was opened in the courthouse, the first in North Hempstead township, and the vicinity was officially referred to as "North Hempstead" or "North Hempstead Post Office." Clowesville was still the common name of this place during the Civil War, but went out of use when the courthouse closed in 1877, probably having lost meaning. |
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES INCLUDING:
THE ROSLYN NEWS, WIKIPEDIA AND DAVID ROBERTS at BROOKLYN GENEALOGY
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A permanent post office was opened in the courthouse, the first in North Hempstead township, and the vicinity was officially referred to as "North Hempstead" or "North Hempstead Post Office." THE ONLY POST OFFICE BETWEEN JAMAICA AND SUFFOLK COUNTY WAS "QUEENS" ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 25, 1794. A NEW BUILDING WAS ERECTED ABOUT 1787 IN AN AREA NEAR MINEOLA KNOWN THEN AS "CLOWESVILLE" THIS HISTORIC POST OFFICE HAS HAD A VARIETY OF NAMES. IT WAS OFFICIALLY QUEENS BUT THE AREA WAS KNOWN AS "QUEENS COURT HOUSE". ON MAY 21, 1805 ITS NAME WAS CHANGED TO NORTH HEMPSTEAD . |
FROM AN 1838 REPORT:
THE FORMER COUNTY COURTHOUSE WAS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE
INTERSECTION OF JERICHO TURNPIKE AND COUNTY COURTHOUSE ROAD
HERRICKS ROAD HAD BEEN KNOWN AS "OLD COURT HOUSE LANE".
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