The little pond on Beaver Dam Road near Mott Lane is a "kettle hole" formed when embeded ice blocks melt after a glacier recedes. In modern times it is known as the Alburger Pond, after the David Alburger family whose whom (razed 11-13 November 2013) used to be adjacent to the site. In earlier generations it was known as the "Deacon Daniel Hawkins' pond", or the "Kost pond." It was likely created when the last glacier finally receded from Long Island perhaps 10,000 years ago. For many generations, it was a favorite community ice skating pond. It is now bisected by adjacent property lot lines. In recent times it has been transformed into a water garden by the planting of various flowering water plants.

John Deitz