Krumville, New York

Krumville (also Kromville) is a hamlet in the southeastern corner of the town of Olive in Ulster County, New York, United States. It takes its name from one of the most prominent of the early Dutch families who settled the area. Krumville is bordered on the northwest by the Olive hamlet of Samsonville, on the north by the hamlet of Olivebridge, on the southeast by the town of Marbletown and on the southwest by the town of Rochester. It lies at an elevation of 774 feet (236 m) above sea level.

The major commercial business in Krumville is the Country Inn,[1] a bed-and-breakfast/restaurant in what was once known as the Deer Park Falls House, a long-time boarding house and inn. The Deer Park (or Deerhaven) is a long, low gorge that drains into Beaver Lake and Beaverdam Creek below the Deer Park Falls.[2] The center of the hamlet is the intersection of Ulster County Route 2, which connects Kripplebush and Samsonville, and County Route 2A, also known as the Krumville Road or Krumville-Davis Corners Road. The Krumville Reformed Church was located nearby. The building was originally located in Samsonville but was taken down and rebuilt in Krumville in 1873.[3] That church burned down in 1946. The former Krumville schoolhouse was converted into a replacement church dedicated in 1955.[4] The church conducted its final service in 2011.[5]

Krumville once had its own Post Office but now shares the ZIP code 12461 with neighboring Olivebridge. The U.S. Postal Service recognizes Krumville as a valid address within that ZIP.[6]

Krumville is mentioned in Spalding Gray's Swimming to Cambodia and Terrors of Pleasure. It also is the song title of one of the tracks on Oneohtrix Point Never's 2023 album Again.

41°53′05″N 74°14′33″W / 41.88472°N 74.24250°W / 41.88472; -74.24250

  1. ^ "krumville.com". Archived from the original on 2020-12-10. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  2. ^ John Bierhorst, The Ashokan Catskills: A Natural History, Fleischmanns, New York:Purple Mountain Press, 1995, p. 20. "Town of Olive 175th Anniversary Quilt".
  3. ^ "Sylvester,History of Ulster County, New York, Philadelphia:Everts & Peck, 1880, p. 300". Archived from the original on 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2023-04-06.. "Kingston Daily Freeman, 9-25-64" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  4. ^ Vera Van Steenbergh Sickler, History of the Town of Olive 1823-1973, privately published, 1973, p. 27.
  5. ^ Kingston, New York Daily Freeman, October 23, 2011.
  6. ^ "U.S. Postal Service data". Archived from the original on 2021-11-11. Retrieved 2021-11-11.