User:Mitchazenia/Monsey (Erie Railroad station)

Monsey was a railroad station for the Erie Railroad in the hamlet of Monsey, located in Rockland County, New York, United States. The station was once located on the original Erie main line from Piermont to Dunkirk, but once the main line was transferred over to the Paterson and Ramapo and Paterson and Hudson River Railroads, it became part of the new Piermont Branch, which ran from Suffern station and SF Junction to the former Piermont Landing terminal.

The station site of which Monsey station was constructed dates back to 1840 when it was first bought by Eleazar Lord for station usage. Originally, the railroad refused to build anything on the land because they considered it a swampy mess and unable to be constructed on. However, after Lord bought the 8.5 acres of land, they agreed to build a water station there. A platform was later constructed for passengers to use and the station was called Kakiat. The next year, 1841, the station was renamed to Monsey in honor of a local Ramapo Indian chief.