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Swastika, New York

Coordinates: 44°30′47″N 73°45′39″W / 44.51306°N 73.76083°W / 44.51306; -73.76083
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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

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Swastika, New York
  2. ^ "Clinton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

44°30′47″N 73°45′39″W / 44.51306°N 73.76083°W / 44.51306; -73.76083