There was a similar debate about âNegroâ in the 2000 Census, as there have been about other race terms in previous census years. Before 1960, census-takers filled out the enumeration forms and chose the category for each American they counted.
The Garrison train wreck, 1897. Garrison is a hamlet in Putnam County, New York, United States. It is part of the town of Philipstown, on the east side of the Hudson River, across from the United States Military Academy at West Point. The Garrison Metro-North Railroad station serves the town.
Fort Plain is a village in Montgomery County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 2,288. The village is named after a fort built during the American Revolution. The village of Fort Plain is at the border of the Towns of Minden and Canajoharie and is west of Amsterdam.