Editing Olive, New York (section)

== Communities and locations in Olive ==
'''The Nine Hamlets''' are:<ref>Map of the Nine Hamlets of Olive in John Bierhorst, ''The Ashokan Catskills: A Natural History'', Fleischmanns, New York: Purple Mountain Press, 1995, p. 4. The town of Olive website lists only seven hamlets, omitting Brodhead and Brown's Station, which are almost completely under water now. {{Cite web|url=https://town.olive.ny.us|title=town.olive.ny.us}}</ref>
*'''Ashokan''' &ndash; north of the reservoir on [[New York State Route 28|Route 28]], bordering the towns of [[Hurley, New York|Hurley]] and [[Woodstock, New York|Woodstock]].
*'''Brodhead''' &ndash; a remnant of a pre-reservoir hamlet located southwest of the reservoir, between West Shokan and Olivebridge.
*'''[[Boiceville, New York|Boiceville]]''' &ndash; at the northwestern end of the reservoir on [[New York State Route 28|Route 28]].
*'''[[Brown's Station, New York|Brown's Station]]''' &ndash; on the eastern border of Olive, now mostly submerged under the reservoir.
*'''[[Krumville, New York|Krumville]]''' &ndash; southeastern corner of Olive, bordering [[Samsonville, New York|Samsonville]], [[Olivebridge, New York|Olivebridge]] and the town of [[Marbletown, New York|Marbletown]].
*'''[[Olivebridge, New York|Olivebridge]]''' &ndash; south of the reservoir on [[New York State Route 213|Route 213]]. Relocated from its pre-reservoir site on Esopus Creek. The area now called Olivebridge was formerly known as Tongore.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://town.olive.ny.us/history/175th-anniversary/historical-quilt/|title=Olive historical quilt}}</ref>
*'''[[Samsonville, New York|Samsonville]]''' &ndash; the southwestern corner of Olive, bordering the town of [[Rochester, Ulster County, New York|Rochester]].
*'''[[Shokan, New York|Shokan]]''' &ndash; north of the reservoir on [[New York State Route 28|Route 28]], west of Ashokan.
*'''[[West Shokan, New York|West Shokan]]''' &ndash; south of Boiceville at the western end of the reservoir, bordering the towns of [[Shandaken, New York|Shandaken]] and [[Denning, New York|Denning]] to the west.

Other locations
*'''[[Ashokan Reservoir]]''' &ndash; the western end of the reservoir is inside the town.
*'''Brodhead's Bridge''' &ndash; a former railroad station submerged by the reservoir.
*'''Cold Brook''' &ndash; a former railroad station in [[Boiceville, New York|Boiceville]].
*'''Davis Corners''' &ndash; part of [[Olivebridge, New York|Olivebridge]], at the intersection of Ulster County routes 2A and 4.
*'''Olive City''' &ndash; a now-submerged hamlet between the original sites of Shokan and Ashton (a former hamlet in the town of [[Hurley, New York|Hurley]], site of the Olive Branch station on the Ulster & Delaware railroad).<ref>Rosendale USGS Topographic Map, 1903.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catskillarchive.com/gazetteer/Ashton/index.htm|title=Catskill Archive}}{{Cite web|url=http://catskillarchive.com/gazetteer/Ulster_And_Delaware/ud-mainline.html|title= Catskill Archive, U&D RR}}</ref>
*'''Winchell''' &ndash; now part of [[Olivebridge, New York|Olivebridge]], bordering [[Samsonville, New York|Samsonville]] and [[Krumville, New York|Krumville]]. Former site of a schoolhouse.