Trout Creek

Page 9 of Route 206 Drive Trout Creek (Town of Tompkins)

The Town of Tompkins was the most populous in Delaware County in the latter part of the 19th century, with over 4,000 inhabitants and more schools than any other town to serve that population.
	The town of Tompkins was settled before 1800 as Dickinson City. In 1806 it was incorporated as Pinefield, then renamed Cannonsville only two years later. In the early 19th century, Trout Creek was a stop on the turnpike connecting Kingston and Bainbridge (then: Jericho), via Andes and Walton. Grist mills, saw mills, creameries, hotels and retail services made up the economy in the 19th century. There were also many quarries throughout the hills.
Most of the communities of this town are now at the bottom of the Cannonsville Reservoir that was constructed in the 1960s. Trout Creek remains the only community of any size and the only post office that began operations in 1847.
	In the early years of the 20th Century, Trout Creek supported cheese and dried milk plans, plus a creamery. The last operating one-room school in Delaware County closed in 1968, and the building still stands behind the post office and houses the community's Senior Citizen Club. A barn on the south side of Route 206 just west of the community's was erected in 1789, as evidenced by the ledger it bears.
Trout Creek Cemetery on the south side of Route 206 remains in use. Many reinterments from the Cannonsville Reservoir area are among its graves. Next Stop: Masonville	Farm between Trout Creek and Masonville

Source: Sive, Mary Robinson. Lost Villages, Historic Driving Tours in the Catskills, 1998, Delaware County Historical Association, Delhi NY.

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