Ferndale, New York
hamlet in the Town of Thompson, Sullivan County, New York
Ferndale is a hamlet in the Town of Liberty, Sullivan County, New York, United States. It is situated along the old alignment of New York Route 17 between Harris and Liberty. The zip code is 12734.
Historic Places
The Shelburne Playhouse is listed under the National Register of Historic Places
The Ferndale School is listed under the National Register of Historic Places
Manion's General Store is listed under the National Register of Historic Places
Between 1968 and 2019, it was the site of Camp Shane, a weight loss camp for children.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ferndale, New York” as hamlet in the Town of Thompson, Sullivan County, New York. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as hamlet in the Town of Thompson, Sullivan County, New York. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5445050. Authority coordinates are 41.774, -74.739. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1968 and 2019.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Ferndale, New York”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Ferndale, New York primary sources, Ferndale, New York archive and Ferndale research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Ferndale, New York”?
- Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Ferndale, New York” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.