New Woodstock, New York

New Woodstock, New York
Hamlet
The former Lehigh Valley Railroad station in New Woodstock
The former Lehigh Valley Railroad station in New Woodstock
New Woodstock is located in New York
New Woodstock
New Woodstock
Location within New York
New Woodstock is located in the United States
New Woodstock
New Woodstock
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 42°50′54″N 75°51′16″W / 42.84833°N 75.85444°W / 42.84833; -75.85444
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyMadison
TownCazenovia
Elevation
1,306 ft (398 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
13122
Area code315
GNIS feature ID958468[1]

New Woodstock is a hamlet in the town of Cazenovia, Madison County, New York, United States.[1] The zipcode is: 13122.[2] New Woodstock is approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) south of the village of Cazenovia.[3] The hamlet has a public library.[4]

The hamlet of New Woodstock was populated as early as 1796. Early buildings constructed in the 19th century included a tavern, a Baptist Church, and several shops.[5] The town also was a stop on the Lehigh Valley Railroad.[6] By 1880, its population was estimated at 334.[7] New Woodstock had its own high school into the 1940s, when it was merged with the Cazenovia High School. The high school building was subsequently briefly operated as an elementary school.[3] By 1984, the hamlet contained an estimated 130 homes.[8]

A major attraction near New Woodstock was a ski area, known as "Mystic Mountain", which was operated from 1961 to 1974. Over the next decade the area was sold and reopened several times, before it was finally closed in 1985.[9][10][11][12][13]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "New Woodstock, New York". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Hamlet makes an effort to maintain its identity/Rick Moriarty". The Post-Standard. pp. B1, B4. Retrieved July 29, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Our History". Retrieved July 29, 2026.
  5. ↑ Whitney, Luna M. Hammond (1872). History of Madison County, State of New York. Truair, Smith. pp. 240–241.
  6. ↑ Sullivan, James (1927). History of New York State, 1523-1927. Lewis historical publishing Company, Incorporated. p. 747.
  7. ↑ Thomas, Joseph (1895). A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World: Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places... J.B. Lippincott Company. p. 354.
  8. ↑ "New Woodstock decides to keep using well water despite bad taste, foul odor". Syracuse Herald-Journal. May 18, 1984. p. 93. Retrieved July 29, 2026.
  9. ↑ "No gas, no snow fatal". Syracuse Herald-Journal. September 1, 1974. p. 5. Retrieved July 29, 2026.
  10. ↑ "New owners plan to renovate Mystic Mountain". Syracuse Herald-Journal. February 10, 1984. p. 73. Retrieved July 29, 2026.
  11. ↑ "Trio Buys Financially Ailing Mystic Ski Mountain". The Post-Standard. May 9, 1986. p. 7. Retrieved July 29, 2026.
  12. ↑ Crozier, Bill (December 10, 1975). "Realtor buys ski area". Syracuse Herald-Journal. p. 10. Retrieved July 29, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Mystic Retreat for Artists". The Post-Standard. June 13, 2008. pp. B1–01. Retrieved July 29, 2026.


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