Negro Hill (Delaware County, New York)
| Negro Hill | |
|---|---|
  Negro Hill Location of Negro Hill within New York  Negro Hill Negro Hill (the United States) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,939 feet (591 m) |
| Coordinates | 42°19′41″N 74°28′10″W / 42.32806°N 74.46944°W[1] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Roxbury, New York, U.S. |
| Topo map | USGS Prattsville |
Negro Hill is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York northeast of Roxbury. Roundtop is located south-southwest, Clay Hill is located east and Ferris Hill is located northwest of Negro Hill.
Toponymy
[edit]The hill was originally named Nigger Hill but was renamed Negro Hill in 1963, similar to hundreds of other places in the United States.[2] Like many of these places named by white Americans with a racial slur, the name was originally given because slaves, freed slaves, or free African-American people lived there.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Negro Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ a b Tretter, Eliot M. (February 2011). "The Power of Naming: The Toponymic Geographies of Commemorated African-Americans". The Professional Geographer. 63 (1): 34–54. Bibcode:2011ProfG..63...34T. doi:10.1080/00330124.2010.537936. ISSN 0033-0124.
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