Editing West Nyack, New York (section)

==History==

The hamlet was originally known as '''Clarksville''' and subsequently '''MontMoor'''. It was subsequently merged with the small village located adjacent to the [[West Shore Railroad]] station where the [[Nyack Water Works]] were also located and became known as West Nyack in 1891.<ref name="ast">{{Cite book |last=Tompkins |first=Arthur Sidney |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S8opAQAAMAAJ&dq=%2522West+Nyack%2522+Clarksville&pg=PA433 |title=Historical Record to the Close of the Nineteenth Century of Rockland County, New York |date=1902 |publisher=Van Deusen & Joyce |pages=433–434 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=chm>{{Cite web |title=Clarksville Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=21381 |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name="rcls">{{Cite web |last=O'Hagan |first=Dee |title=LibGuides: West Nyack Local History : A Brief History of West Nyack |url=https://guides.rcls.org/c.php?g=128582&p=840149 |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=guides.rcls.org |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Brooklyn Museum - West Nyack, New York - John William Hill - overall.jpg|thumb|200px|West Nyack - John William Hill (Brooklyn Museum)]]