Tappan, New York
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Tappan is a hamlet (and a census-designated place) in Rockland County, New York, United States. The population was 6,757 at the 2000 census.
Tappan is in the Town of Orangetown.
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[edit] History
[edit] 1691
The first County Courthouse was built in Tappan, though by 1737, sessions alternated between Tappan and Goshen.
[edit] 1711
The first school house in Rockland County was built in Tappan. It was used as a school until 1860. There would not be another school in the county until late in the 18th century.
[edit] 1774
The Orangetown Resolutions were adopted in 1774 at the home and inn of Loyalist Yoast Mabie, a Dutch colonial house built by his cousin Casparus Mabie in Tappan when Great Britain increased its taxes on tea and crops, prompting protest from local patriots on July 4th 1774, two years to the date before adopting the Declaration of Independence.
[edit] 1780
Loyalist Yoast Mabie home known as "Mabie's Inn" was the place of confinement of British Major John André, who plotted with American General Benedict Arnold to surrender West Point to the British.
Today the house is use as a restaurant operating daily as the "The Old '76 House".
[edit] 1780 - 1783
General George Washington used the 1700 DeWint House, Rockland County's oldest existing structure in Tappan as his headquarters four times and dined at The Old 76 House during the American Revolution.
[edit] 1783
British Major John André, who conspired with Benedict Arnold to buy the plans for the fortifications at West Point to the British, was captured in Tarrytown on his way back to the British lines with the plans. Major John André was brought to Tappan and confined at "The Old 76 House" and brought to trial at the Reformed Church of Tappan; he was found guilty, hanged and buried nearby.
[edit] 1790
Cereo, first baby food, was manufactured by Macy Deming at the Haring Adams (Deming) House.
[edit] The Old '76 House
Located on 110 Main St, Tappan, just past the village green near the center of town is The Old '76 House, one of America's oldest taverns. It is of particular interest to Maybee/Mabie/Mabee researchers. The Maybees were a much-divided family during the American Revolutionary War. Casparus Mabie, a cousin of the Loyalist Maybees, built The Old '76 House, then known as "Mabie's Inn", the home of Yoast Mabie in 1755. The Orangetown Resolutions were adopted at Yoast Mabie's home on July 4th 1774, two years prior to the date of adopting the Declaration of Independence.
The Old '76 House was often used during The American Revolutionary War. Through its long use as a meeting place for patriots, The Old '76 House established itself as safe ground for Americans in the mist of the revolution and also served as the "prison" of the Revolution's most notorious spy as denoted by the historical marker in the front, Major John André.
The Old '76 House, although often referred to as "André's Prison", was not a real prison nor used as a place of incarceration for anyone before or since.
The Old '76 House become a tavern in 1800, and has been a place of shelter for tired travelers for more than two hundred years. It has accommodated, on various occasions, every General of the west wing of the Continental Army, including Commander-in-Chief General George Washington, who, with his chief provisioner Samuel Fraunces, owner of Fraunces Tavern in New York City, dined in the comfortable atmosphere of the House. The Old '76 House can be reached at 845-359-5476.
[edit] Geography
Tappan is located at (41.025897, -73.951180)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the region has a total area of 7.2 km² (2.8 mi²), all land.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 6,757 people, 2,261 households, and 1,887 families residing in the community. The population density was 935.1/km² (2,423.0/mi²). There were 2,294 housing units at an average density of 317.5/km² (822.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 82.27% White, 1.27% African American, 0.12% Native American, 13.51% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 1.48% from other races, and 1.27% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.36% of the population.
There were 2,261 households out of which 37.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.6% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.5% were non-families. 13.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.27.
In the region the population was spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males.
The median income for a household in the area was $86,435, and the median income for a family was $91,827. Males had a median income of $57,750 versus $40,707 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $32,811. About 2.3% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.9% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] External links
- The DeWint House
- A Brief History of Rockland County
- Rockland Magazine
- The Journal News, the local newspaper
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
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| Towns |
Clarkstown | Haverstraw | Orangetown | Ramapo | Stony Point |
| Villages |
Airmont | Chestnut Ridge | Grand View-on-Hudson | Haverstraw | Hillburn | Kaser | Montebello | New Hempstead | New Square | Nyack | Piermont | Pomona | Sloatsburg | South Nyack | Spring Valley | Suffern | Upper Nyack | Wesley Hills | West Haverstraw |
| Communities and CDPs |
Bardonia | Blauvelt | Central Nyack | Congers | Garnerville | Grassy Point | Hillcrest | Jones Point | Ladentown | Monsey | Mount Ivy | Nanuet | New City | Orangeburg | Palisades | Pearl River | Sparkill | Stony Point | Tappan | Thiells | Tomkins Cove | Valley Cottage | Viola | West Nyack |
