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ROUND TOP

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Site
Location
42.269192 -74.027767
Lat/Long
42.26921309999999, -74.0272683
Grant Recipient
Cairo Historical Society
Historic Marker

ROUND TOP

Inscription

ROUND TOP
EST. CA. 1879 WITH OPENING OF
POST OFFICE. "WAWANTEPEKOOK"
MEANING "ROUND HEAD PLACE"
WAS NAME GIVEN NEARBY HILL
BY LOCAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2019

Nestled in the Catskill Mountains a short distance from the Hudson River is a hill known as “Wawantepekook”. This name, given by the local Native Americans, means “Round Head Place”.  The hamlet of Round Top, New York was established near this hill around 1879, with the opening of a post office.