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| '''Michigan Corners, New York''' is a ] near ] east of ], located at the corner of ] and ] Turnpike |
'''Michigan Corners, New York''' is a ] near ] east of ], located at the corner of ] and ] Turnpike (] Route 110). | ||
| There is no sign marking Michigan Corners (except for a Michigan Corners Deli nearby), although it does appear on local maps. According to legend, the hamlet got its name in the mid-] when a landowner was unable to pay his property taxes. He claimed he would go west to ] to earn the money...and never returned. | There is no sign marking Michigan Corners (except for a Michigan Corners Deli nearby), although it does appear on local maps. According to legend, the hamlet got its name in the mid-] when a landowner was unable to pay his property taxes. He claimed he would go west to ] to earn the money...and never returned. | ||
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Michigan Corners, New York is a hamlet near Scotchtown east of Middletown, located at the corner of New York State Route 211 and Goshen Turnpike (Orange County Route 110).
There is no sign marking Michigan Corners (except for a Michigan Corners Deli nearby), although it does appear on local maps. According to legend, the hamlet got its name in the mid-19th century when a landowner was unable to pay his property taxes. He claimed he would go west to Michigan to earn the money...and never returned.