Katsbaan, New York

View of Catskill Escarpment up New York State Route 32 from Katsbaan

Katsbaan is a hamlet of the town of Saugerties in Ulster County, New York,^[1] located north of the village of Saugerties and south of Catskill.

The hamlet existed at least as far back as the American Revolution. The origin of the name, which means "tennis court", is possibly linked to the original Dutch visitors to the area who saw lacrosse being played by native Iroquois which they thought resembled tennis.

The hamlet was settled by Dutch farmers and German Palatines prior to 1730, and was deeded to the Dutch Reformed Church by 1732. A stone church that was constructed at that time was used as a landmark on Colonial American maps, and still stands today.^[2]

References

↑ "Katsbaan". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
↑ "Village Of Saugerties: History". Village Of Saugerties. Retrieved April 28, 2016.

Municipalities and communities of Ulster County, New York, United States

County seat: Kingston

City	Kingston

Towns	Denning Esopus Gardiner Hardenburgh Hurley Kingston Lloyd Marbletown Marlborough New Paltz Olive Plattekill Rochester Rosendale Saugerties Shandaken Shawangunk Ulster Wawarsing Woodstock

Villages	Ellenville New Paltz Saugerties

CDPs	Accord Clintondale Cragsmoor East Kingston Gardiner Glasco High Falls Highland Hillside Hurley Kerhonkson Lake Katrine Lincoln Park Malden-on-Hudson Marlboro Milton Napanoch Phoenicia Pine Hill Plattekill Port Ewen Rifton Rosendale Hamlet Saugerties South Shokan Stone Ridge Tillson Walker Valley Wallkill Watchtower West Hurley Woodstock Zena

Other hamlets	Bearsville Big Indian Boiceville Brown's Station Centerville Chichester Cottekill Katsbaan Krumville Lew Beach‡ Modena Mt. Pleasant Mt. Tremper Olivebridge Oliverea Palentown Seager Shady Spring Glen Sundown Tabasco Veteran West Park West Saugerties West Shokan Willow

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 42°06′39″N 73°58′06″W / 42.1109°N 73.9682°W / 42.1109; -73.9682

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