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Southfield was a Town in
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, New York. It was located in the southeastern part of Staten Island, along
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prior to the incorporation of Staten Island into
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in 1898, bounded on the west roughly by Richmond Road, Giffords Lane,
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, and Arden Avenue. The town's origins dates to an administrative division of the island made by English colonists in the late 17th century, after they took over New Netherland from the Dutch in 1664. The town was incorporated as one of the four original divisions of Richmond County in 1788. In 1860, Middletown was created from parts of Southfield and Castleton.
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is located in Southfield. The town was dissolved in 1898 upon consolidation into the
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. The present-day neighborhoods in the former town include: * Arrochar *
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* South Beach


See also

* Poillon-Seguine-Britton House *
List of Staten Island neighborhoods This is a list of neighborhoods on Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City. * Annadale * Arden Heights * Arlington * Arrochar * Bay Terrace * Bloomfield * Brighton Heights * Bulls Head * Castleton Corners * Charleston * C ...
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