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Mayors of the Village of Woodridge

 
 
Mayors of the Village of Woodridge Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, November 15, 2025
1. Mayors of the Village of Woodridge Marker
Inscription.
To the mayors of the
Village of Woodridge
in grateful acknowledgement
of their service

1911 - Herman Karstan
1912 - W. Whedan
1913 - Jacob Kretchmer
1914-16 - I.D. Wolf
1916-17 – Solomon Jaffe
1917-18 – Max Kaplan
1918-20 - Abraham Malisoff
1920-26 - George Merwin
1926-28 - Ed McCann
1928-30 - George Merwin
1930-21 - John Stapleton
1931 - Harry Kunis
1931-34 - Henry Becker
1934-48 - William Krieger
1948-50 - Sam Katzowitz
1950-52 - Irving Blatt
1952-58 - David Walisoff
1958-60 - Louis Kaplan
1960-64 - Morris Fox
1964-70 - Bernard Ruderman
1970-74 - Morris Fox
1974-78 - Sol Prottas
1978 - Richard Elliott

 
Erected by Village of Woodridge.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics.
 
Location. 41° 42.62′ N, 74° 34.486′ W. Marker is in Woodridge, New York, in Sullivan County. It is at the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue (Route 53) and Highland Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Roosevelt Avenue. Plaque in mounted in Veterans Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area:
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Woodridge NY 12789, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Hudson Valley. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Memory (here, next to this marker); Borscht Belt - Woodridge (within shouting distance of this marker); Methodist Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); Borscht Belt - Fallsburg (approx. 2.1 miles away); Borscht Belt - Mountain Dale (approx. 2.7 miles away); Borscht Belt - South Fallsburg (approx. 2.9 miles away); Borscht Belt - Woodbourne (approx. 3.6 miles away); Town of Thompson (approx. 3.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Woodridge.
 
Mayors of the Village of Woodridge Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, November 15, 2025
2. Mayors of the Village of Woodridge Marker
The mayor's plaque is the one on the left. The plaque is in Veterans Memorial Park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 16, 2025, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 60 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 16, 2025, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.
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