Since these are settlements, not features, there is nothing in the Geographic Names database. I suggest you contact the town historian: TOWN OF BETHLEHEM Joseph A. Allgaier Town Hall 445 Delaware Ave. Delmar, NY 12054 >>> Claire Louise Shambaugh <[log in to unmask]> 07/27 7:12 AM >>> Any thoughts on the why, for whom or by whom the above villages/hamlets were named? Louise