Swastika, New York
Swastika is an unincorporated community in the town of Black Brook, Clinton County, New York, United States.[1] The community is 19 miles southwest of Plattsburgh.
History[edit]
A post office called Swastika, NY operated from 1913 until 1958.[2] Edward Duprey, the town's last postmaster, told the Plattsburgh Press-Republican that the community was "previously known as Goodrich Mills." "The government sent a list of names," he explained of Swastika's origin. "It had nothing to do with the community. It was just a name for the post office", he added.[3]
In September 2020, the town's councilors unanimously voted to keep the name Swastika which, according to Black Brook, New York Supervisor Jon Douglass, "was named by the town’s original settlers in the 1800s and is based off the Sanskrit word meaning well-being” [4]. He noted "the four-sided geometric character that represents the Swastika has been used for thousands of years in Indian religions and seen as a symbol of good luck", despite the word's modern associations. [5].
References[edit]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Swastika, New York
- ^ "Clinton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
- ^ Plattsburgh Press-Republican, August 9, 1977, p. 3.
- ^ "The New York town of Swastika votes to keep its name". Taylor Romine, Cable News Network CNN. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
- ^ "Swastika, New York, Is Keeping Its Name". Julia Ritchey, NPR. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
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