Shokan, New York
Ashokan Reservoir inundated Shokan's original town site in 1915. By that time, the town had already relocated nearby. The reservoir displaced 2000 residents in total, who were spread out between multiple small communities.
About this community
- Dam
- Ashokan Dam
- River
- Esopus Creek
- Established
- 1753
- Inundated
- 1913
Sources
- Diane Galusha, Liquid Assets: A History of New York City’s Water System Expanded Edition (2016).
- Vera Van Steenbergh Sickler, History of the Town of Olive, 1823-1973 (1973).
- Louise Hasbrouck Zimm, ed., Southeastern New York: A History of the Counties of Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Rockland and Putnam (1946).
- Alphonso T. Clearwater, The History of Ulster County, New York (1907).