Amenia (town), New York

Dutchess County

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Amenia is a town in the United States, Dutchess County, New York. In a census of 2000 4048 inhabitants were counted.

The name derives from the Latin amoena from the " lovely location " means.

The Town of Amenia is located on the eastern border of the county. The city has rail connections to New York City via the Metro-North Railroad. The local train station is called Wassaic, named after the village of Wassaic, which is a part of Amenia.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of ​​112.8 km ², of which 112.2 km ² land and 0.6 km ² omitted ( = 0.57 %) to water. In the East, Amenia borders Connecticut. U.S. Highway 44 runs through the northern part Amenias, and mostly together and in north-south direction extending NY 22 and NY 343 through Amenia. The western part of the Town of Amenia drained the current flowing through Wassaic Wassaic Creek.

Localities within Amenia

  • Amenia - a census- designated place and hamlet in the northeast of the city area
  • Amenia Union - a hamlet in the east on the border with Connecticut
  • Leedsville - in the northeast of the town, east of the hamlet of Amenia
  • Sharon Station - A hamlet on the northern outskirts of
  • Smithfield - a hamlet in the northwest part of the Town
  • South Amenia - A hamlet at the junction of County Routes 2 and 3 in the east of the Town
  • Wassaic - a hamlet in the south central area of ​​the Town

Sons and daughters Amenias

  • Gail Borden, inventor
  • Obadiah German, (1766-1842), geborenin Amenia, U.S. Senator.
  • Samuel Herrick (1779-1852), born in Amenia, U.S. Rep. from Ohio.
  • John Miller, (1774-1862), born in Amenia, doctor and U.S. Rep. for New York.
  • Lewis Mumford, historian of science, lived and died in Amenia
  • Frank Stella, painter, lived in Amenia
  • Joel Benton, poet, lived in Amenia
  • Erastus Otis Haven, Bishop of the Methodist Church, former director of the seminary in Amenia
  • Michael Cole, a commentator for World Wrestling Entertainment
  • Joel Elias Spingarn, teacher, literary critic, and civil rights

The ashes of Margaret Hamilton was buried after her cremation at a cemetery in Poughkeepsie. Hamilton was known for her role as Miss Almira Gulch, the Wicked Witch of the West, in the musical film adaptation from 1939 of the book The Wizard of Oz

Credentials

  • Town in New York
  • Location in North America
  • Dutchess County
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