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Tiny Town
Written by John Leita   
Friday, 04 July 2008
  In the mid 1800s, Methodists started making a pilgrimage to Merrick to camp and pray. They would arrive in their wagons and park them in two circles, one inside the other. Eventually, some of them started building small cottages which offered more comfort than the wagons. A chapel and a home for the minister was also built. It was in the 1920s when they stopped using the campground. The cottages and church buildings became local housing that exists today. In fact, the two roads that encompass the area are the original paths the wagons would encircle. The area is known today as Tiny Town because of the small size of the original cottages.    
                 
                           
             
                           
                         
                       
      The circular roads are from where the wagons would park.                  
                         
               
                       
               
  A couple of the original cottages.              
                         
                                 
   
             
                               
Comments (5)Add Comment
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written by Long Island Boy, December 27, 2008
Been there a few times. Basically its like driving though Safety Town at Eisenhower Park only about 10% bigger.
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written by Merrick is my home, June 10, 2009
I thought it was called Camp Ground.
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written by a guest, February 22, 2010
is it true that many "little people" live there?
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written by John --Webmaster, February 22, 2010
There area is not and never was for "little people". The article is titled "Tiny Town", because of the size of the original cottages. The development was never officially called tiny town, the the article.
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written by Grew up three blocks over, August 21, 2010
I grew up three blocks west of "The Campgrounds" I don't know of anyone that I grew up with or that lived in "tTe Campgrounds" ever called it Tiny Town.

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