Do you know of Van Sickles ???

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

We found mention of Van Sickles as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Orange County, New York.

Communities Also Named Van Sickles ...

We found one communities that share the name Van Sickles.

Within New York, the name Van Sickles is unique.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named Van Sickles in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Jersey
  - Sussex County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Van Sickles [Sussex County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Van Sickles ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Orange County ...

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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 Orange County.

Accommadationville	Mortonville
Agway Station	Mount Eve
Allard Corners
Amchir	New Hampton - Denton
Arcadia Hills	New Windsor West
Arden House	Newburgh West
	North End
Barleytown
Beaver Dam	Onleys Station
Brandon House	Orange Farm
Buttermilk Falls	Otterville
	Oxford Depot
Colden Hill
Cornwall Station	Port Clinton
Cornwall	Purdy's
Craigsville
Cranston's	Rio
Crawford	Rocklet

Elsmere	Savill
	Silver Lake Village
Furnace Brook	Silver Lake
	South Gardnersville
Genung	South Middletown
Goshen Hills	Stewart
	Stone Bridge
Hampton Ferry	Stone Gate
Harriman South	Surrey Meadows
Hill
Houghton Farm	Turner's
Howell's Depot	Tuxedo
Howells Junction
	Walton Lake
Idlewild	Wardsbridge
	Warwick Woodlands
Lake Station	Washington Lake
Lake	Wells Corner
Lawton	West Craigville
	West Newburgh
Merriewold Lake	Wickham Knolls
Middlehope	Wickham Village
Minisink	Winona Lake
Monroe Southwest	Wood
Moodna	Woodbury Falls

Footnotes ...

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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.

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Van Sickles could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.