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THE HISTORY OF MAHOPAC, NEW YORK 10541
Mahopac, New York, is a hamlet in the Town of Carmel in Putnam County, New York. Mahopac is located on US Route 6 on the County's southern central border with Westchester County. As of the 2000 census, the population was 8,478.
 

 

THE HISTORY OF MAHOPAC, NEW YORK 10541
Mahopac and Mahopac Falls play central roles in the history of Putnam County.
Originally inhabited by the Wappinger Native Americans, an Algonquin tribe, the hamlet's land was patented in 1697 by Adolphus Philipse, son of a wealthy Anglo-Dutch gentryman. During the French and Indian War Wappingers throughout Putnam County traveled north to Massachusetts to fight for the British.
When the Crown refused to return their land after the war, most Wappingers abandoned the area and joined with other displaced Native Americans elsewhere. Farmers and their families migrated to Mahopac from as far away as Cape Cod and rented land from the Philipse family. Wheelwrights and blacksmiths set up shops to assist the tenant farmers.
Although no battles were fought in Mahopac during the American Revolution, the area was strategically important due to its location. With troop encampments in nearby Patterson, Yorktown, West Point, and Danbury, Connecticut, it was a cross-roads between key Colonial garrisons.
Soldiers were also stationed in Mahopac Falls to guard the Red Mills, an important ... more

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