Eagle Bridge
Hamlet
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyWashington
ZIP code
12057

Eagle Bridge is a hamlet in Rensselaer County, New York, United States.

Eagle Bridge is also the name used by the United States Postal Service to identify ZIP code 12057.[1] This ZIP code is in the vicinity of Eagle Bridge hamlet; It includes part of the town of Hoosick in Rensselaer County and most of the town of White Creek in neighboring Washington County.[2][3]

The community was named after the eagle for patriotic reasons.[4] American painter Grandma Moses was a long-time resident of Eagle Bridge.[5] The last United States delivery of bulk milk was shipped in August 1972 from Eagle Bridge to Boston. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "ZIP Code Lookup - Find All Cities in a ZIP Code". USPS. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
  2. ↑ Washington County GIS Web Map (Map). Washington County, New York. Archived from the original on 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
  3. ↑ New York State Interactive Mapping Gateway (Map). New York State GIS. Archived from the original on 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
  4. ↑ University of the State of New York Bulletin. University of the State of New York. 1914. p. 52.
  5. ↑ "Grandma Moses". Bennington Museum. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  6. ↑ Yungkurth, John D.Chuck (1986). "To market by rail: privately-owned milk cars". Railroad Model Craftsman. Carstens Publications (March): 85–93.

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