Sodom, New York

Sodom is a hamlet in Putnam County, in the U.S. state of New York.[1]

According to one account, the hamlet was so named on account of the rowdy character of its first inhabitants.[2] A variant name was "Southeast Center", also spelled "South East Centre".[1]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sodom
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. 292.

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[GNIS-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sodom

[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. 292.

Municipalities and communities of Putnam County, New York, United States
County seat: Carmel
Towns	Carmel Kent Patterson Philipstown Putnam Valley Southeast
Villages	Brewster Cold Spring Nelsonville
CDPs	Brewster Heights Brewster Hill Carmel Lake Carmel Mahopac Peach Lake‡ Putnam Lake
Other hamlets	Farmers Mills Garrison Gayville Lake Peekskill Ludingtonville Sodom Tompkins Corners
Ghost towns	Dicktown Doanesburgh
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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