Dutchess County

administration
Dutchess County Courthouse
US state :	new York
Administrative headquarters :	Poughkeepsie
Foundation :	1683
Area code :	001 845
Demographics
Residents :	280,150 (2000)
Population density :	134.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2138 km²
Water surface :	62 km²
map

Website : www.dutchessny.gov

Dutchess County is a county in the state of New York in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 280,150 people and a population density of 135 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Poughkeepsie .

history

Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site (2016)

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site (2011)

It was named after Maria Beatrix of Modena , Duchess of York (Duchess of York) , second wife of the future King James II , who was still Duke of York in 1683.

There are four National Historic Sites in the county . Eight locations have the status of a National Historic Landmark . A total of 249 buildings and sites in the county are registered on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 17, 2018).

geography

The county has an area of 2,138 square kilometers, of which 62 square kilometers are water. The largest lake in the county is 102 hectares large Whaley Lake , a natural lake, which has now been extended to a water tank. The second largest lake in the county is 47-acre Sylvan Lake , a former quarry. The 30 acre Thompson Pond is of glacial origin and was declared a National Natural Landmark in 1973 with the surrounding Stissing Mountain . The highest lake in the county is the 389 m high Beacon Reservoir , which is located southeast of North Beacon Mountain .

Cities and towns


Amenia Arlington Beacon Beekman Brinckerhoff Clinton Crown Heights Dover Plains Dover East Fishkill Fairview Fishkill Haviland	Hillside Lake Hopewell Junction Hyde Park La Grange Milan Millbrook Millerton Myers Corner North East Pawling Pine Plains Pleasant Valley	City of Poughkeepsie Town of Poughkeepsie Red hook Red Oaks Mill Rhinebeck Spackenkill State castle Stanford Tivoli Union Vale Wappinger Wappingers Falls Washington

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 974112. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: New York . National Park Service , accessed February 17, 2018.
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 17, 2018.

Web links

Commons : Dutchess County - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Dutchess County Tourism

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[1] GNIS-ID: 974112. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: New York . National Park Service , accessed February 17, 2018.

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 17, 2018.