Beacon (New York)
| Beacon | |||
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| Nickname : Tree City | |||
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| Location in New York | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | May 15, 1913 by merging two villages |
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | new York | ||
| County : | Dutchess County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 30 ′ N , 73 ° 58 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 15,541 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 1,263.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 12.6 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of which 12.3 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 51 m | ||
| Postal code : | 12508 | ||
| Area code : | +1 845 | ||
| FIPS : | 36-05100 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 978716 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofbeacon.org | ||
| Mayor : | Lee Kyriacou | ||
Beacon is a city in the Hudson River valley about 20 km south of Poughkeepsie and 90 km north of New York City in the US state of New York with a population of 15,541 (as of 2010). To the west of the site is bordered by the Hudson River, the city on the west bank of Newburgh is located, while the eastern municipal boundary in the mountain Hudson Highlands runs, the highest peak Beacon Mountain directly east of the city is located.
history
In the area of what is now the city of Beacon, the villages of Matteawan and Fishkill Landing had been located since 1709, and were among the first settlements in the state. On May 15, 1913, the two places and part of the hamlet of Glenham merged to form the town of Beacon, the name of which - English for beacon - was derived from the nearby Beacon Mountain and the beacons that were lit there during the American Revolutionary War to communicate with the Continental Army . The name was previously used informally for the places at the foot of the mountain.
Along the Fishkill Creek , which flows into the Hudson in what is now the city, the first flour mills were built in the 18th century, which were supplemented by numerous companies in the textile industry in the 19th century . The manufacture of hats in particular became very important. Since 1743 there was a port in Fishkill Landing , which was replaced after about a hundred years by the railway line opened in 1851 along the Hudson. Other at times significant branches of industry included the manufacture of brick and paper. However, from the 1970s onwards, Beacon lost much of its manufacturing industry.
Since the 19th century, the Hudson Valley and the surrounding regions have also been tourist destinations, especially for the nearby New York area. The Beacon Mountain was from 1902 to 1978 by the Mount Beacon Incline Railway , a funicular opened up; In the 1960s and 1970s, there was also a ski area called Dutchess on one of the slopes above the Hudson .
The simultaneously declining importance of the place for industry and tourism meant that from the late 1970s to the 1990s up to 80% of the industrial and commercial space in Beacon was vacant. Only since the late 1990s has the city developed again into an economic and cultural center, to which the Dia: Beacon art museum, which opened in 2003, contributes.
Demographic data
The 2000 census found that the Beacons' 13,808 residents lived in 5,091 households and 3,360 families. After ethnic voting, the residents were distributed among 9,440 whites (68.37%), 2,713 African-Americans (19.65%), 2,334 Hispanics / Latinos (16.9%), 181 Asians (1.31%), 43 Indians (0.31%) and 956 people “of other origin”. 475 inhabitants belonged to more than one of the population groups mentioned.
The average household beacons in 2000 had 2.61 people; the average family size was 3.23 people. The average age was 36 years; the ratio between women and men at 100 to 90.3. The average household had an annual income of $ 45,236 and families $ 53,811. Men received an average of $ 40,949 and women $ 29,154. The per capita income was $ 20,654 a year. 1,465 inhabitants (11%) and 310 families (9.1%) lived below the poverty line, including 834 under 18 (11%) and 99 over 65 (8.6%).
traffic
The most important national road connection in Beacon is the East-West trunk road I-84 , which crosses the Hudson River on the Newburgh – Beacon Bridge . In addition to this toll bridge, there has also been a ferry connection between Beacon and Newburgh since 2005. In the north-south direction, Beacon is mainly served by the New York State Route 9D .
The place is also on the east bank of the Hudson following railway line, the Hudson Line . The Metro-North Railroad offers passenger services at least hourly to Poughkeepsie and New York City; CSX Transportation handles freight transport . Another railway line, which is not used as planned, runs east from Beacon to Brewster .
The nearest airport is Stewart International Airport west of Newburgh.
Culture
The exterior shots of Nobody's Fool were filmed in the city between November 1993 and February 1994. To represent the fictional small town of North Bath , a few false facades were erected on Main Street, and the displays and nameplates of the shops were changed for the duration of the filming.
Well-known sons and daughters of the city
- James V. Forrestal (1892–1949), US Secretary of the Navy and Defense
- Robert Montgomery (1904–1981), actor
- Sharon M Hart (1945–2013), author of books for young people
- Jacob Levy Moreno (1889–1974) Austrian-American physician, psychiatrist, sociologist, founder of psychodrama, sociometry and group psychotherapy.
- Melio Bettina (1916-1996), boxer
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mayor Lee Kyriacou. In: cityofbeacon.org , accessed April 4, 2020.
- ^ Beacon's History (website of the City of Beacon). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 22, 2008 ; accessed on September 26, 2008 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Census 2000 US Gazetteer Files. Retrieved September 26, 2008 .
- ↑ Hollywood on the Hudson ( English ) In: The New York Times . January 16, 1994. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
