Michigan Corners, New York

Michigan Corners, New York is a hamlet near Scotchtown east of Middletown, located at the corner of New York State Route 211 and Goshen Turnpike (Orange County Route 110).

There is no sign marking Michigan Corners, although it does appear on local maps. (There was a Michigan Corners Deli nearby, but the business was renamed Scotchtown Deli and Catering in 2007.) According to legend, the hamlet got its name when a local man named Malcolm McLaughlin found himself in debt and skipped town around 1825. He was away for some time, and when he returned he told everyone he had gone to Michigan. McLaughlin later opened a tavern at this place, and his neighbors referred to his establishment as "Michigan". Soon the name of the tavern was applied to that section of the town.^[1]

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Coordinates: 41°28′01″N 074°20′52″W / 41.46694°N 74.34778°W / 41.46694; -74.34778

• Empire State Roads - Orange County
• Placenames.com - Michigan Corners

Municipalities and communities of Orange County, New York, United States
County seat: Goshen
Cities	Middletown Newburgh Port Jervis
Towns	Blooming Grove Chester Cornwall Crawford Deerpark Goshen Greenville Hamptonburgh Highlands Minisink Monroe Montgomery Mount Hope New Windsor Newburgh Tuxedo Wallkill Warwick Wawayanda Woodbury
Villages	Chester Cornwall-on-Hudson Florida Goshen Greenwood Lake Harriman Highland Falls Kiryas Joel Maybrook Monroe Montgomery Otisville South Blooming Grove Tuxedo Park Unionville Walden Warwick Washingtonville Woodbury
CDPs	Balmville Beaver Dam Lake Central Valley Firthcliffe Fort Montgomery Gardnertown Highland Mills Mechanicstown Mountain Lodge Park New Windsor Orange Lake Pine Bush Salisbury Mills Scotchtown Vails Gate Walton Park Washington Heights West Point
Other hamlets	Amity Arden Bellvale Bullville Carpenter's Point Circleville Howells Little Britain Michigan Corners Mountainville New Hampton Pine Island Ridgebury Slate Hill Sugar Loaf Thompson Ridge Westbrookville