Sodom is a hamlet in Putnam County, in the U.S. state of New York.[1]

View of Sodom, west of the bridge crossing the East Branch Croton River.

According to one account, the hamlet was so named on account of the rowdy character of its first inhabitants.[2] A variant name was "Southeast Center", also spelled "South East Centre".[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sodom
  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. 292.

41°24′7.34″N 73°35′28.46″W / 41.4020389°N 73.5912389°W / 41.4020389; -73.5912389