Olive, New York
Ashokan Reservoir submerged Olive in 1915, two years after the town was evacuated. 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
- 1823
- Inundated
- 1913
Sources
- https://nyheritage.org/collections/early-20th-century-olive-ny
- Vera Van Steenbergh Sickler, History of the Town of Olive, 1823-1973 (1973).