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'''Coldenham''' is a [[Hamlet (New York)|hamlet]] in [[Orange County, New York|Orange County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref>{{GNIS|947092}}</ref>

==History==
A [[post office]] called Coldenham was established in 1820, and remained in operation until 1905.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=NY&county=Orange&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=10 March 2018}}</ref> The hamlet was named after Cadwallader Colden, an early settler.<ref>{{cite book|last=Eager|first=Samuel Watkins|title=An Outline History of Orange County: Together with Local Tradition and Short Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers, Etc|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ivopAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA273|year=1846|publisher=T. E. Henderson|page=273}}</ref>


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