The spelling "Schaghticoke" is correct, as there's still an active post office there today. However, as to the name of the post office historically, I found this reference:
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Early postmasters included Edwin Smith, Charles Stratton and Merritt M. Wickes. The office was called Schaghticoke until 1867, then Hart's Falls until 1881, when, the name of the village having been changed by act of the Legislature, the old post-office name was resumed.
Too bad they hadn't kept with this old time postmark for the town ... which I found in an online auction, then I would have had no trouble reading it!
Posted 09/21/2014 2:56 pm
