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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Spuyten Duyvil. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Spuyten Duyvil.

Our sources for Spuyten Duyvil (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Spuyten Duyvil other than they indicate that Spuyten Duyvil would be found somewhere in New York County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1856 and closed  in 1875.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Spuyten Duyvil ...

We found one communities that share the name Spuyten Duyvil.

There is one other community in New York which is also named Spuyten Duyvil.

Beyond New York.

• Communities Located In New York ...
  • Bronx County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Spuyten Duyvil [Bronx County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Spuyten Duyvil ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Spuyten Duyvil:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Spuyten Duyvil - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

Map from 1895 (unknown title/publisher)

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