Pawling (town), New York

Dutchess County

Pawling is a local government unit (town ) in Dutchess County in the U.S. state of New York. The term town referred to in the state of New York is less a city in the conventional sense, but rather an administrative unit at the level below the County, which in turn are incorporated ( self-managed ) or unincorporated (non- managed ) villages (villages ) and hamlets (Weiler ) is organized.

The Town of Pawling consists of the self-managed Village of Pawling, self-managed hamlets Holmes, Quaker Hill and West Pawling, and not some self-managed hamlets such as Baker Corner, Hurd Corners, Mizzen Top, Woodinville.

Geography and transport

Pawling is located about 100 kilometers north- northeast of New York City and is part of the Harlem Valley, a rural and marked by hills and small lakes landscape that is popular with the residents of the metropolitan New York City as a recreation area. Approximately 10 % of residents Pawlings hold only on the weekends or during the summer holidays here. Especially the place Quaker Hill is strongly influenced by tourism. The south of the urban area is adjacent to the Putnam County, the eastern border is also the border with the state of Connecticut.

In Pawling, the New York State Route cross 22, which runs from New York City in a northerly direction along the eastern border along the State, and the current from west to east toward New York State Route 55 railway connection to and from New York City and since 1848 with the Harlem line ( Harlem line) is already in the north of the Metro-North Railroad. At Pawling leads the Appalachian Trail, one of the longest long-distance walks in the world over.

Statistics

A survey conducted in 2000 census lived in the Town of Pawling 7521 people, of which 2233 to the Village of Pawling. 94.4 % were white, 1.5% African American, 1.3% Asian American, and 2.8 % Other. This classification across to 4.9 % of the population identified as Hispanics. The per capita income was $ 30,043, 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line.

In Pawling communities of Baptists, Methodists, Lutherans, Episcopalians and the Roman Catholic Church exist.

History

In the early 18th century, a part of today's urban area between the colonies of New York and Connecticut was controversial. Between 1730 and 1750 Quakers settled in the area now called Quaker Hill, and built their first meeting house in 1742. This was replaced in 1764 by the larger Oblong Friends Meeting House, which still exists today and can be visited. In 1973 it was included in the National Register of Historic Places. In this house, the Quakers gave 1767 a solemn declaration against slavery and forbade it to their own members to keep slaves. Other important historic buildings include the John Kane House Pawlings ( about 1740 ) and the Akin Free Library ( completed 1908).

During the Revolutionary War was in 1778 and 1779 in Quaker Hill temporarily the headquarters of the troops of George Washington. 1788 Town of Pawling was established within which received the Village of Pawling 1893, the local government (incorporated village). 1807 a part of the Town of Pawling was however transferred to the neighboring Town of Dover. In Pawling is the Dutcher Golf Course, the oldest public golf course in the United States.

Personalities

Pawling was the residence of the politician Thomas E. Dewey and the journalist Edward R. Murrow. After Murrow a park was named in Pawling. Norman Vincent Peale and Ruth Stafford Peale founded here the Foundation for Christian Living and the Peale Center for Christian Living. In the cemetery of Pawling is out of the graves of Dewey and the spouses Peale also the grave of actress Silvana Mangano. Pawling is currently the residence of actor James Earl Jones.