Nanuet information

Nanuet is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Rockland County, New York, 19 miles north of Manhattan, and 2 miles north of the New Jersey border. Nanuet is located between West Nyack and Spring Valley to the east and west, respectively, and Pearl River and New City to the south and north, respectively.
According to the New York Times, the hamlet was first named Nannawitt's Meadow after Nannawitt, a migratory Kakiat Indian who settled in the area now occupied by the Nanuet Mall at the intersection of Middletown Road and Route 59.
Also according to the Times, the Erie Railroad arrived in Rockland County in 1841 - probably on the same route which today is traversed by the New Jersey Transit Pascack Valley line, running through Pearl River and Spring Valley - and after several name changes the hamlet became known as Nanuet in 1856.
Yet more from the Times: "Maxwell Anderson drew attention to the hamlet in 'High Tor,' a play based on the robbery that took place at the Nanuet Bank in 1936. The advent of the Tappan Zee Bridge in 1955 brought changes to the area that are still continuing."
The community is located in the Town of Clarkstown. Nanuet has popular shops and its main shopping center, the Nanuet Mall, lies on Route 59, the main thoroughfare. Popular Nanuet, New York recreational activities include gold panning along the Naurashaun Brook south of Townline Road, exploring the Paleolithic ruins west of the Hackensack River,and fossil and Indian arrowhead collecting west of Sickletown Road.
The population was 16,707 at the 2000 census, and was estimated at 18,200 in 2006. (...) more....

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