Kaatsbaan, New York

View of Catskill Escarpment up New York State Route 32 from Kaatsbaan

Kaatsbaan (meaning "tennis court") is a hamlet of Saugerties, NY located in Ulster County, north of Saugerties and south of Catskill, NY. It existed at least as far back as the American Revolution. The origin of the name is possibly linked to the original Dutch visitors to the area who saw lacrosse being played by native Iroquois which they thought resembled tennis. The Katsbaan area northeast of the village was settled before 1730 by Dutch farmers from the Kingson Commons and Palatines from the "Camps" along the river in Saugerties. By 1732 the Palatine and Dutch settlers petitioned to deed Katsbaan to the Dutch Reformed Church and build a stone church. This church still stands today. It became a landmark on Colonial American maps along with centers of population.^[1]

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Municipalities and communities of Ulster County, New York, United States County seat: Kingston City Kingston Towns Denning Esopus Gardiner Hardenburgh Hurley Kingston Lloyd Marbletown Marlborough New Paltz Olive Plattekill Rochester Rosendale Saugerties Shandaken Shawangunk Ulster Wawarsing Woodstock Villages Ellenville New Paltz Saugerties CDPs Accord Clintondale Cragsmoor East Kingston Gardiner Glasco High Falls Highland Hillside Hurley Kerhonkson Lake Katrine Lincoln Park Malden-on-Hudson Marlboro Milton Napanoch Phoenicia Pine Hill Plattekill Port Ewen Rifton Rosendale Hamlet Saugerties South Shokan Stone Ridge Tillson Walker Valley Wallkill Watchtower West Hurley Woodstock Zena Other hamlets Bearsville Big Indian Boiceville Brown's Station Centerville Chichester Cottekill Kaatsbaan Krumville Lew Beach‡ Modena Mt. Pleasant Mt. Tremper Olivebridge Oliverea Palentown Seager Shady Spring Glen Sundown Tabasco Veteran West Park West Saugerties West Shokan Willow Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties