Welcome to Circleville
A small hamlet on Route 302, about five miles north of Middletown.
Every year in Circleville
- March
Easter egg hunt
10 AM at the Circleville Park (C. Hudson Thompson Memorial Park) on Sam Fast Lane, put on by the Town of Wallkill.
- June
Kids' fishing derby
For Town of Wallkill children ages 4 to 15 at the Circleville Park, hosted by the Middletown Lions Club and Town of Wallkill Recreation & Parks. Bring a pole, hooks and bait.
- July 4
Fourth of July parade
The Circleville Volunteer Fire Company's parade steps off from the Middle School around 10 AM and ends at the park with food, refreshments and games.
How Circleville got its name
The name came from Mrs. Mary Bull, who thought Circleville, in Ohio, was a very pleasant name. Her family also gave the hamlet its church: the Circleville Presbyterian Church was organized on January 4, 1842, on five acres donated by Samuel Bull. The post office followed in 1850, along with a blacksmith shop, a wagon shop, a shoe shop and two creameries.
More Circleville and Bullville history
The Fourth of July, 1913
Probably the only place for many miles around to celebrate our great National Holiday was the little hamlet of Circleville, five miles north of Middletown.
The Middletown Daily Times-Press reported peanuts and lemonade, baseball games, the Ruggles Fife and Drum Corps, the Declaration of Independence read from the church steps, and a parade led by Uncle Sam on horseback. Read the 1913 report