Wikipedia's first sentence called it “town in orange county”. Today it says “town coterminous with the village of kiryas joel”.
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Palm Tree is a town coterminous with the village of Kiryas Joel in Orange County, New York , United States.1New York's first new town in 38 years, it came into being on New Year's Day 2019 as the result of a referendum that came about due to zoning and other conflicts between residents of the village of Kiryas Joel , inhabited by the Satmar Hasidic community, and the municipality to which it belonged, Monroe .2 The population of Palm Tree was 32,954 at the 2020 census. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).3
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The opening as it stood in 2020
New York's first new town in 38 years, it was created by a referendum that came about due to zoning and other conflicts between residents of the village of Kiryas Joel, New York , inhabited by the Satmar Hasidic community, and the municipality to which it belonged, Monroe, New York .
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Town in New York, United States Palm Tree is a town coterminous with the village of Kiryas Joel , inhabited by the Satmar Hasidic community, and the municipality to which it belonged, Monroe . The population of Palm Tree was 32,954 at the 2020 census.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “town in orange county”. Today it says “town coterminous with the village of kiryas joel”. Read the current article and compare.
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town in orange county
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town coterminous with the village of kiryas joel
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