Swastika, New York
Appearance
Swastika is an unincorporated community in the town of Black Brook, Clinton County, New York, in the United States.[1] The community is 19 miles southwest of Plattsburgh. Like Swastika, Ontario, the community is commonly included on lists of strange place names because of the swastika, a symbol used frequently in ancient Eurasia and in Nazism.
History
A post office called Swastika operated from 1913 until 1958.[2]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Swastika, New York
- ^ "Clinton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 September 2014.