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Kinderhook in Columbia County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Post Road - 1772

 
 
Post Road - 1772 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, June 21, 2012
1. Post Road - 1772 Marker
Inscription.
Albany to New York. Weekly
mail service established
on horseback. Passenger
service by covered wagons
and four horses in 1786.

 
Erected 1935 by New York State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1786.
 
Location. 42° 23.323′ N, 73° 41.292′ W. Marker is in Kinderhook, New York, in Columbia County. It is on New York State Route 9H south of Hudson Avenue (County Route 21), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kinderhook NY 12106, 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 and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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 walking distance of this marker: Birthsite (approx. 0.4 miles
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away); Colonial Dutch Houses (1690-1750) (approx. half a mile away); Van Alen Homestead (approx. half a mile away); Immigrant Farmers (approx. 0.6 miles away); Enslavement In The Hudson Valley (approx. 0.6 miles away); Washington Irving (approx. 0.6 miles away); Early Dutch Settlers (approx. 0.6 miles away); Black Locust Trees (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kinderhook.
 
Post Road - 1772 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, June 21, 2012
2. Post Road - 1772 Marker
Post Road - 1772 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, June 21, 2012
3. Post Road - 1772 Marker
Looking South on the Post Road image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, June 21, 2012
4. Looking South on the Post Road
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 21, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 757 times since then and 58 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 21, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
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