In spring of the same year the route for the turnpike was finalized and the two brothers started to plan the village. The group left the area during the winter but would return in the early months of 1804 to continue their work. In 1803, John and 11 other men started work on a sawmill, and other infrastructure to help them build the village. Samuel convinced his younger brother, John Patterson Jones, to buy a 1861-acre tract of land that would be bisected by the turnpike so they could build this new village. While he marked the path through what was then Orange and Ulster counties he saw an opportunity to build a village on the turnpike. Jones was given the task of finding a route for the Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpike to connect The Hudson and Delaware Rivers. It is roughly located at the half-way point between Binghamton, New York and New York City along NY 17. Monticello is the largest village in the county in both population and area. The village is located in the central part of Thompson, adjacent to New York Route 17 and 17B. The village was named after the residence of Thomas Jefferson. It is the seat for the town of Thompson, and the county seat of Sullivan County. The population was 7,173 at the 2020 census.
Monticello ( / ˌ m ɒ n t ɪ ˈ s ɛ l oʊ/ ⓘ MON-tiss- EL-oh) is a village located in Thompson, Sullivan County, within the Catskills region of New York, United States.
