Talcottville, New York facts for kids
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Talcottville, New York
Leyden
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 Talcottville, New York
Location in New York
Talcottville, New York
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Lewis |
| Town | Leyden |
| Elevation | 1,135 ft (346 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code |
13309 (Boonville)
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| Area code(s) | 315 |
| GNIS feature ID | 967005 |
Talcottville is a small community in southern Lewis County, New York, United States. It is the seat for the town of Leyden.
Talcottville was the first settlement in Lewis County. William Topping and his family settled in 1793 on what is now the northwest corner of State Route 12D and Domser Road.
Active businesses in the hamlet include the Talcottville Cemetery Association, Fox Den Monuments LLC, Karpinski Water Supply, and portions of three active dairy farms.
The author and critic Edmund Wilson was a summer resident, and wrote Upstate: Records and Recollections of Northern New York (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971; reprint, Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1990), a memoir of his time in Talcottville.
See also
In Spanish: Talcottville para niños
