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its setting at the foot of the Ramapo Mountains, the Rockland County
village of Pomona could easily be mistaken for a rustic New England
hamlet. Winding country roads, houses set back on large plots and
preserved woodlands belie the fact that this bedroom community is
only 35 miles from Manhattan and lies in one of the most rapidly
developing areas of the New York metropolitan region. Retaining this
rural ambiance was the primary reason for Pomona's incorporation
nearly two decades ago and it is still the chief concern of its
2,600 residents. Soon after incorporation in 1967, a new village
zoning ordinance mandating one- and two-acre zoning was adopted, in
effect killing the apartment proposal. Pomona's success in holding
off high-density development became a model for other areas of the
county, which have in recent years also incorporated to gain greater
control over development. Pomona takes its name from the Roman
goddess of fruit, because of the many apple orchards and farms that
dotted the countryside until about 30 years ago. Today, however,
Pomona is an affluent suburban It is bordered on the north by the
Palisades Interstate Park, to the east by the Palisades Interstate
Parkway and Camp Hill Road, the south by Route 202 and Pomona Road
and the west by Monsey-Ladentown Road and Calls Hollow Road. The
Pomona postal district includes unincorporated areas of the Towns of
Ramapo and Haverstraw.
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