Tinker Hill

Tinker Hill is a summit in Putnam County, in the U.S. state of New York.[1] It has an elevation of 935 feet (285 m).[1]

Not to be confused with Tinkers Hill.

The hill was named for the fact that a jack of all trades, or a "tinkering" man, settled there ca. 1800.[2]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tinker Hill
  2. Blake, William J. (1849). The History of Putnam County, N.Y.: With an Enumeration of Its Towns, Villages, Rivers, Creeks, Lakes, Ponds, Mountains, Hills, and Geological Features. Baker & Scribner. p. 248.


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