Nauraushaun, New York

Nauraushaun is a hamlet in the Town of Orangetown Rockland County, New York, United States located north of state of New Jersey, along the northwestern shore of Lake Tappan; east of Chestnut Ridge; south of Pearl River and west of Blauvelt. It derives its name from a creek tributary, which was also known as Nauraushank. For many years the area was called Orangeville. Its location is 41°03′24.98″N 73°59′34.01″W / 41.0569389°N 73.9927806°W / 41.0569389; -73.9927806

History

Nauraushaun was the location of Atlantic Cotton Works, one of the oldest mills in the county. In the late 1800s the Nauraushaun school was the only one available to the children of Pearl River. In the 1920s, it was the location of The Cat and Dog Hospital.

Municipalities and communities of Rockland County, New York, United States County seat: New City Towns Clarkstown Haverstraw Orangetown Ramapo Stony Point Villages Airmont Chestnut Ridge Grand View-on-Hudson Haverstraw Hillburn Kaser Montebello New Hempstead New Square Nyack Piermont Pomona Sloatsburg South Nyack Spring Valley Suffern Upper Nyack Wesley Hills West Haverstraw CDPs Bardonia Blauvelt Congers Hillcrest Monsey Mount Ivy Nanuet New City Orangeburg Pearl River Sparkill Stony Point Tappan Thiells Valley Cottage Viola West Nyack Other hamlets Centenary Central Nyack Doodletown Garnerville Grassy Point Johnsontown Jones Point Ladentown Middletown Nauraushaun Palisades Rockland Lake Sandyfield Sickletown St. John's in the Wilderness Sterlington Tallman Tomkins Cove