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Highest Elevation Populated Places in NY State

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   FEATURE_NAME       COUNTY_NAME ELEV_IN_FT PRIM_LAT_DEC PRIM_LONG_DEC
 1 Knapp Creek        Cattaraugus       2349         42.0         -78.5
 2 Rock City          Cattaraugus       2349         42.0         -78.5
 3 Onteora Park       Greene            2339         42.2         -74.1
 4 Four Mile          Cattaraugus       2323         42.0         -78.5
 5 Hanley Corner      Delaware          2310         42.1         -74.5
 6 Nichols Run        Cattaraugus       2303         42.0         -78.5
 7 West Union         Steuben           2264         42.1         -77.7
 8 Harrisburg         Cattaraugus       2247         42.0         -78.5
 9 Shady Corner Curve Essex             2247         44.2         -73.9
10 West Greenwood     Steuben           2247         42.2         -77.7
11 Little Rock City   Cattaraugus       2211         42.2         -78.7
12 Herkimer Landing   Herkimer          2192         43.5         -74.8
13 Elka Park          Greene            2178         42.2         -74.2
14 Meredith           Delaware          2169         42.4         -74.9
15 Anderson           Sullivan          2162         41.9         -74.7
16 Branch             Ulster            2149         42.0         -74.5
17 Shandelee          Sullivan          2119         41.9         -74.9
18 Summit             Schoharie         2113         42.6         -74.6
19 Lent Hill          Steuben           2087         42.5         -77.4
20 Hampshire          Steuben           2073         42.2         -77.5

Highest Elevation Populated Places in NY State

Beef Cattle Per Square Mile

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While you might think the ranches out west have the highest population of beef cattle per square mile, it's actually the grasslands of Nebraska, Missouri, Oklohoma, Kentucky and Tennessee where you can find the most cows grazing.

Beef Cattle Per Square Mile

Don’t Confuse Your Highland and Highlands

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One should never confuse the Town of Highlands in Orange County (containing West Point, Bear Mountain, and Bear Mountain Bridge on the Hudson River) with the Town of Highland in Sullivan County (containing Barryville, Eldred, Highland Lake, Minisink Ford and Yulan on Delaware River), with the Hamlet of Highland in the Town of Lloyd in Ulster County (which also borders the Hudson River, and contains the Mid-Hudson Bridge to Poughkeespie).

The hamlet of Highland is pronounced as two seperate words — “high land”, stressing the syllables. In contrast, the Town of Highland in Sullivan County and Highlands in Orange County rhymes with “island”.

You can also drive from Ulster County to Orange County to Sullivan County, without ever crossing any other counties.

Ashokan Reservior 1903 Overlay

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Lately I've been fascinated by the lost communities that were demolished for reservoirs both hydroelectric and water supply. Today we look at the Ashokan Reservoir that was built over the communities of West Shokan, Broadhead and West Hurley. 

Ashokan Reservior 1903 Overlay

Cattle in America (2017)

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The other day, I was looking at George Jenks' dot map of hogs in America on Facebook. 70 years ago in 1953, George Jenks wrote about and helped popularize the technique. It's fairly common these days, as it gives a good way to spot dense clusters of population.

Cattle in America (2017)