![]() In Algonkian dialect spoken by them they called this location NAY-ACK which means the fishing place. Here, in summer they lived upon fish and oysters. The Tappan Indians, from time immemorial, occupied these lands fronting the river shore. On the north wall of the Key Bank building at South Broadway and Burd Street in Nyack is a plaque installed in 1938 that reads: your peticonr is a farmer that hath nothing wot comes by his hard labour but by God's Blessing out ye Produce and ye ground, and hath a family to provide for. The humble Peticon of Harman Dowse of Tappan Neare Ye River Side, Alias New Orania farm. Letter dated 31 August 1687 on file at New York State Archives at Albany: The New Orania farm became the Tallman homestead, at the northeast corner of what is now Broadway and Tallman Place. His children became Talman and eventually Tallmans. Harman's younger brother Theius changed the family name from Douwse ( Frisian for first son) to Talma ( Dutch for first son). Nyack became part of Rockland County in 1798. The Tappan Register of 1707 claimed it was pronounced Nay-ack. This section of Nyack became known as Orangetown in 1683. He called his farm New Orania ( Oranje in Dutch). His petition was granted and he bought the land from the Native Americans. In the State Archives in Albany there is a 1687 letter on file petitioning Governor Dongan to buy a strip of land in the west hills of Tappan (today Nyack), in which he had lived on for 12 years. He came to America as a toddler and grew up in Bergen, New Jersey. Harman Douwenszen is thought to be the first white settler. The first Europeans settled in there in 1675, calling the general area "Tappan". Native American stone relics and oyster middens found along the shore of the Hudson indicate today's Nyack was a favorite pre-Colonial fishing spot. ( February 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. This section needs additional citations for verification. The village is approximately 1.6 square miles (4.1 km 2) in area, over 50% of which falls within the Hudson River. ![]() Interstate 87, an important commuter artery. Adjacent South Nyack is the western terminus of the Tappan Zee Bridge, connected across the Hudson River to Tarrytown in Westchester County by U.S. Named after the Native Americans who resided there before European colonization, the village consists mostly of low-rise buildings lying on the hilly terrain that meets the western shore of the Hudson River. Nyack is one of five southeastern Rockland County villages and hamlets that constitute "The Nyacks" – Nyack, Central Nyack, South Nyack, Upper Nyack and West Nyack. It is a suburb of New York City lying approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of the Manhattan boundary near the west bank of the Hudson River, situated north of South Nyack, east of Central Nyack, south of Upper Nyack, and southeast of Valley Cottage. The village had a population of 7,265 as of the 2020 census. Incorporated in 1872, it retains a very small western section in Clarkstown. æ k/ ( listen)) is a village located primarily in the town of Orangetown in Rockland County, New York, United States. ![]()
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