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Roscoe, New York: Welcome to Agloe!

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Address:
8542 NY-206, Roscoe, NY
Directions:
From Roscoe drive north on NY-206 for 2.5 miles. The road bends right and you'll go over a small bridge. The pole is about a quarter-mile past this, on the right. If you pass Beaverkill Valley Rd you've driven too far.
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Welcome to Agloe!

Small green sign nailed to a telephone pole welcomes visitors to the fake town of Agloe, a "copyright trap" invented by mapmakers to catch other mapmakers who stole their information.

Roadsideamerica.com Report... [06/24/2020]

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Welcome to Agloe!

The sign attached to the utility pole is pretty weathered and faded. Roscoe Beer Company has a copy of the same sign hanging on their building, just off the parking lot.

[Amber, 09/18/2022]

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