Deposit

History

The town name was derived from the deposits of logs made by lumbermen, prior to forming rafts to float down the Delaware River; usually to Philadelphia. The Town of Deposit was organized in 1880 from the western part of the town of Tompkins. In the 1890s, Deposit was a center of publishing with the relocation of the Outing Publishing Company to the town (from New York). Several magazines, including The Bohemian, were published and printed from Deposit. The Outing Publishing Company went out of business a few years after the failure of the Knapp Bros. Bank in 1909. Charles J. Knapp was president of Outing and on the board of Knapp Brothers, which was run by his nephew, Charles P. Knapp.

Geography

The western town line is the border of Broome County. The village is located at the confluence of Oquaga Creek and the West Branch of the Delaware River. The Southern Tier Expressway (NY 17) follows the western town boundary. The southern end of New York State Route 8 is at NY 17 just south of the village of Deposit. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 3.51%, is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  1,613
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,533
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  1,442
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,334
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  1,308
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,103
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,022
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,002

Most recent

• M 2.79 — 2015-09-27
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