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Do you know of Hunter Lake ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hunter Lake. 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 Hunter Lake.<1>

We found mention of Hunter Lake as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Sullivan County, New York.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1936 and closed  in 1953.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hunter Lake ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

The FIPS database contains an entry for Hunter Lake.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 36/36189   (Place Name: Hunter Lake)

County: Sullivan     (FIPS State/County: 36/105)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Hunter Lake) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Sullivan County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Sullivan County.

Barnum'sKiamesha
Beaver Brook 
Beech WoodLebanon Lake
 Liberty Falls
Callicoon DepotLochada Lake
Callicoon StationLumberland
Camp Hemlock 
Centerville StationMamakating
CentrevilleMasten Lake
The CityMerriewold
  
DahliaOakland
Delaware Bridge 
 Pike Pond
Emerald GreenPurvis
Emmonsville 
 Robertsonville
Fallsburgh StationRoosa Gap
Fallsburgh 
FremontSacketts Lake
 Shin Creek
GalesSkinners Falls
Gilman's DepotStarlight
GilmansStevensville
Grossinger 
 Tennanah
Highview 
HurdWest Brookville
 West Sulpher Springs

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/