Place:Callicoon, Sullivan, New York, United States

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NameCallicoon
TypeTown
Coordinates41.767°N 75.05°W
Located inSullivan, New York, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Callicoon Center Cemetery
Old Youngsville Cemetery
Youngsville Cemetery
Hamlet
Callicoon Center
North Branch
Youngsville
Inhabited place
Jeffersonville
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Callicoon is a town in Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 3,057 at the 2010 census. The town is in the northwestern part of the county.

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The town was formed in 1842 from the Town of Liberty. The original spelling of the name was "Collikoon." This name is said to signify "turkey" in both Dutch and Choctaw. The Dutch word for turkey is kalkoen. Although the Choctaw have a word for turkey, cholokloha, the people did not occupy territory anywhere near here, but traditionally lived in the Deep South. They were known as one of the Five Civilized Tribes there before their removal to Indian Territory in the 1830s.

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