West Shokan, New York
Ashokan Reservoir submerged the hamlet of West Shokan in 1915. 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
- 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).
- https://townofoliveny.gov/around-town/