Poughkeepsie (Town, New York)

Dutchess County

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Poughkeepsie is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. In 2000, the city had 42,777 inhabitants. The name of the Town and City of the same name, is " Uppu - qui - IPI -in" derived from the Indian term, which roughly means " reed-covered hut by the water"

In the city there is a branch of IBM, which is engaged in 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 U.S. Post Office Hyde Park, the city has several on the National Register of Historic Places registered objects.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 80.8 km ², of which 74.5 km ² of land and 6.3 km ² omitted ( = 7.79 %) to water.

It is located in the west of Dutchess County along the Hudson River, which forms the border to Ulster County, adjacent to the City of Poughkeepsie. U.S. Highway 9, U.S. Route 44 and New York State Route 55 run through the city.

History

The town was settled in 1780 for the first time and formally founded in 1788 when the county was generally divided into Towns. 1854 was the western part of the Town of Poughkeepsie, at that time already an independent Village, raised to the City of Poughkeepsie.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 42 777 people of the city. The population density was 574.3 people per km ². There were 15,132 housing units at an average 203.1 per km ². The population of Poughkeepsie consisted of 83.01 % White, 8.07 % African American, 0.14 % Native American, 5.13% Asian, 0.02 % Pacific Islander, 1.62 % reported other to belong to races and 2.00 % from two or more races. 5.27 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The inhabitants of the Town of Poughkeepsies distributed to 14,605 ​​households out of which 32.9 % were living in children under 18 years. 55.8 % married couples living together, 9.6 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7 % were non-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 is 3.10 people.

The Town 's population was spread out with 22.6 % under the, 16.9% 18-24 year olds, 26.4 % 25 -44- year-old, 21.3% 45-64 year olds and 12.9 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 91.8 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 88.3 men.

The median household income in the Town amounted to 55 327 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 65 258 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 46 701 U.S. dollars, compared to 31.005 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Poughkeepsie was 23,589 U.S. dollars. 5.7 % of the population and 3.3% of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 5.6 % of minors and 5.0 % of those age 65 or over.

Settlements and other locations within the Town of Poughkeepsie

  • Arlington is a census -designated place and suburb of the City of Poughkeepsie. Arlington is located east of the border between the City and Town of Poughkeepsie.
  • Barnegat is a town in the southwest 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 in the west of the Town of Poughkeepsie.
  • Fairview is a settlement in the north of the Town of Poughkeepsie, located on the northern outskirts 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, located in the extreme southwest of the city area.
  • City of Poughkeepsie is crescent-shaped area surrounded by, but not part of the Town area.
  • Red Oaks Mill is a suburb of the City of Poughkeepsie, southeast of the City, which is bordered on the east by Spackenkill. New York State Route 113 and New York State Route 376 pass through this district.
  • Rochdale is a hamlet on the east town boundary situated between Arlington and Pleasant Valley.
  • Rudco was only a parcel of farmland that was purchased in 1942 by IBM and then removed before the Second World War.
  • Spackenkill is located south of the City of Poughkeepsie. A manufacturing company IBM is within this district.
  • Wappingers Falls is a village which lies only partially in the southern metropolitan area and the rest of which belongs to the town of Wappinger.
  • Van Keurens largely comprises a quarry.

Train

In the city are with the Vassar College, Dutchess Community College and Marist College three colleges.

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 old through 12th grade. These two facilities are located in the former buildings of IBM at the Boardman Road. Another High School is the Spackenkill High School.

In the urban area accounts for various school districts, such as school districts Arlington, Wappingers Falls, Hyde Park or Spackenhill that affect partly sub-areas neighboring Towns.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Hayes Greenfield ( born 1957 ), jazz musician and film composer
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