{"id":6986,"count":1,"description":"Whitney Point is a village in Broome County, New York, United States. The population was 964 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Binghamton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name comes from Thomas and William Whitney, early developers.\nThe Village of Whitney Point is in the southwest corner of the Town of Triangle and is north of Binghamton.\nThe village was first settled around 1791, but began to flourish after the arrival of the Whitney family around 1800.\nThe Village of Whitney Point (originally called \"Whitney's Point') was incorporated in 1871. A catastrophic fire almost destroyed the village in 1897. After serious flooding in 1935 and 1936, work began on a dam north of the village on the Otselic River. It was completed in 1942 and formed the Whitney Point Lake (Reservoir).\nThe village has been the site of the Broome County Fair since 1874.\nThe Whitney Automobile was briefly manufactured in this village around 1902.\nThe Grace Episcopal Church was listed on the National Register...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/whitney-point\/","name":"Whitney Point","slug":"whitney-point","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/6986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=6986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}