Pelton Pond

Pelton Pond is an 8-acre (3.2 ha) pond within Clarence Fahnestock State Park in northern Putnam County, in the U.S. state of New York.[1]

Pelton Pond

According to an 1849 source it is named after a local miner.[2]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pelton Pond
  2. Blake, William J. (1849). The History of Putnam County, N.Y.: With an Enumeration of Its Towns, Villages, Rivers, Creeks, Lakes, Ponds, Mountains, Hills, and Geological Features. Baker & Scribner. p. 250.


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