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COUNTY HISTORY

Putnam County is in the lower Hudson Valley. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. The county seat is Carmel. The name is in honor of Israel Putnam, who was a hero in the French and Indian War and a general in the American Revolutionary War.
 

RECORDS OF INTEREST

Biographies	Births	Marriages	Obits
Cemeteries	History	Aboriginal Place Names	Wills

SURROUNDING COUNTIES

 

Dutchess / Orange / Westchester
 

County Seat: Carmel
Year Organized: 1812
Square Miles: 232

 

Courthouse Info:
County Office Building
40 Gleneida Avenue
Carmel, NY 10512-1798
Phone: (845) 225-3641
Fax: (845) 225-0294

 

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