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Nanuet is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Rockland County, New York, 19 miles north of Manhattan, and 2 miles north of the Jersey border. Nanuet is located between West Nyack, New York and Spring Valley, New York to the east and west, respectively, and Pearl River, New York and New City, New York to the south and north, respectively.

According to the New York Times, the hamlet was first named named Nannawitt's Meadow after Nannawitt, a migratory Kakiat Indian who settled in the area now occupied by the Nanuet Mall at the intersection of Middletown Road and Route 59. Ellen Ferretti owns a single-family home which stands at the intersection of the two thoroughfares.

Also according to the Times, the Erie Railroad arrived in Rockland County in 1841 - probably on the same route which today is traversed by the NJ Transit Pascack Valley line, running through Pearl River and Spring Valley - and after several name changes the hamlet became known as Nanuet in 1856.

The community is located in the Town of Clarkstown. Nanuet has popular shops and its main shopping center, the Nanuet Mall, lies on Route 59, the main thoroughfare. Popular Nanuet, New York recreational activities include gold panning along the Naurashaun Brook south of Townline Road, exploring the paleolithic ruins west of the Hackensack River,and fossil and Indian arrowhead collecting west of Sickletown Road.

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