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Oniontown is a road and community[1][2] inDutchess County,New York, United States, located 1.5 miles south of thehamlet ofDover Plains, in theTown ofDover, partially known for the historically off-putting demeanor of its residents towards outsiders.[3]
In 1947,International News Service reporter James L. Kilgallen voyaged into Oniontown and wrote three articles about the place including; “Escape fromAtomic Age: Real Life Tobacco Road 100 Miles from Broadway”.[4][5]
It was briefly the subject of worldwide media attention in 2008, when a derisive video about the area published onYouTube led to visiting outsiders being attacked.[6]
Despite its name, Oniontown isn't an actual town—it's more of a mountainside enclave filled with a haphazard collection of run-down trailers on a dead-end dirt road.
This is the third and final article about that unique community known as Oniontown, N. Y." "No one in the community has money, an education, or...
41°43′21″N73°34′52″W / 41.722515°N 73.581233°W /41.722515; -73.581233
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