Poughkeepsie (Town, New York)

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Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie (New York)
Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie
Location in New York
Basic data
State : United States
State : new York
County : Dutchess County
Coordinates : 41 ° 40 ′  N , 73 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 40 ′  N , 73 ° 54 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 43,341 (as of 2010)
Population density : 586.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 80.7 km 2  (approx. 31 mi 2 ) of
which 73.9 km 2  (approx. 29 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 57 m
Postcodes : 12601-12604
Area code : +1 845
FIPS : 36-59652
GNIS ID : 979393
Website : www.townofpoughkeepsie.com

Poughkeepsie is a location in Dutchess County in New York , United States . In 2010 the city had 43,341 inhabitants. The name of the town and the city ​​of the same name is derived from the Indian expression Uppu-qui-ipis-in , which means something like “thatched hut on the water”.

In the urban area there is a branch of IBM , which deals with the development and production of mainframes .

With the Vassar College Observatory and the main building of the college, as well as the Wappingers Falls Village Hall and the US Post Office Hyde Park , the city has several historical objects registered in the National Register of Historic Places .

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has an area of ​​80.8 km², of which 74.5 km² is land and 6.3 km² (= 7.79%) is water.

It is located in the west of Dutchess County on the Hudson River , which forms the border with Ulster County , next to the City of Poughkeepsie. US Highway 9 , US Highway 44, and New York State Route 55 run through the metropolitan area.

history

The city was first settled around 1780 and formally established in 1788 when the county was generally divided into towns . In 1854, the western part of the Town of Poughkeepsie, at that time already an independent Village , was elevated to the City of Poughkeepsie.

Demographics

At the time of the United States Census 2000, 42,777 people lived in the city. The population density was 574.3 people per km ². There were 15,132 housing units at an average of 203.1 per km ². The population of Poughkeepsie was 83.01% White , 8.07% Black or African American , 0.14% Native American , 5.13% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 1.62% stated others Belonging to races and 2.00% named two or more races. 5.27% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latinos of any race.

The residents of the Town of Poughkeepsies were distributed in 14,605 ​​households out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18. 55.8% of households were married, 9.6% had a female head of household without a husband, and 30.7% were not families. 25.0% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 9.6% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.10.

The town population was divided into 22.6% minors, 16.9% 18–24 year olds, 26.4% 25–44 year olds, 21.3% 45–64 year olds and 12.9% aged 65 years or more. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 women there were 91.8 men. For every 100 women over 18, there were 88.3 men.

The median household income in the Town was 55,327 US dollars and the median family income reached the amount of 65,258 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 46,701 versus $ 31,005 for women. The per capita income in Poughkeepsie was $ 23,589. 5.7% of the population and 3.3% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 5.6% of minors and 5.0% of those aged 65 and over.

Settlements and other locales within the Town of Poughkeepsie

  • Arlington is a census-designated place and suburb of the City of Poughkeepsie. Arlington is east of the border between the City and Town of Poughkeepsie.
  • Barnegat is a place in the southwestern part of the town
  • Colonial Heights is a hamlet west of Rochdale.
  • Clark Heights is a place on the northeastern city limits.
  • Crown Heights is a Hamlet to the west of the Town of Poughkeepsie.
  • Fairview is a settlement in the north of the Town of Poughkeepsie, which is on the northern city limits of the City of Poughkeepsie.
  • Macdonnell Heights is a hamlet southwest of Rochdale.
  • New Hamburg is a small hamlet on the Hudson River with a marina and a busy train station. It borders on Wappingers Falls and is located in the extreme southwest of the city area.
  • City of Poughkeepsie is surrounded by the town area in a crescent shape, but does not belong to the town area.
  • Red Oaks Mill is a suburb of the City of Poughkeepsie, southeast of the City, which borders Spackenkill to the east. New York State Route 113 and New York State Route 376 run through this district.
  • Rochdale is a hamlet on the eastern city limits that lies between Arlington and the Pleasant Valley border .
  • Rudco was just a piece of farmland before World War II, bought by IBM in 1942 and then expanded.
  • Spackenkill is south of the City of Poughkeepsie. An IBM manufacturing facility is located within this district.
  • Wappingers Falls is a village that is only partially located in the southern part of the city and the rest of it belongs to the city of Wappinger .
  • Van Keurens largely comprises a quarry.

schools

There are three colleges in the city: Vassar College , Dutchess Community College and Marist College .

The Our Lady of Lourdes High School is a private Catholic High School and the Poughkeepsie Day School is an independent day school for children from three years to 12th grade. These two facilities are each located in previous IBM buildings on Boardman Road. Another high school is Spackenkill High School .

Various school districts, such as the school districts Arlington, Wappingers Falls, Hyde Park or Spackenhill, some of which also affect sub-areas of neighboring towns, fall into the urban area.

sons and daughters of the town

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