Red Hook, New York

Dutchess County

36-60905

Red Hook is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. In the United States Census 2010, the city had 11,319 inhabitants. Within the Town area are two incorporated Villages, one is also called Red Hook and the other Tivoli. U.S. Highway 9 runs through the territory of the Town, which lies in the northwestern part of the county.

Bard College is located in the hamlet of Annandale -on-Hudson, which is part of Red Hook. The Unification Theological Seminary is located in the hamlet of Barrytown, which also belongs to the city.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 103.9 km ², of which 95.1 km ² of land and 8.8 km ² omitted ( = 8.48 %) to water.

The northern city boundary also forms the boundary between Dutchess County and Columbia County, the western border is the Hudson River, which separates the Dutchess County of Ulster County here.

U.S. Highway 9 and several State Routes through Red Hook, New York State Route 9G about and New York State Route 199

History

The region was settled at the end of the 17th century under the Schuyler Patent. The local Indians were cheated out of their land because they could not read the document, written in Dutch. Until 1812 Red Hook was part of the Town of Rhinebeck. Because Rhinebeck, like some other Towns in New York, more than 5,000 inhabitants, had the government in Albany approved on 12 June 1812, the division. The first documented meeting of citizens of the Town of Red Hook was held on April 6, 1813 and has since, as required by law, repeated every year. The Red Hook Society for the Apprehension and Detention of Horse Thieves is one of the oldest organizations in the state of New York and meets once a year.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 10,408 people Red Hook. The population density was 109.5 people per km ². There were 3,840 housing units at an average 40.4 per km ². The population consisted of Red Hooks 94.20 % White, 1.44 % African American, 0.08 % Native American, 2.08 % Asian, 0.11 % Pacific Islander, 0.65 % reported other to belong to races and 1.45 % from two or more races. 2.65 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The residents of Red Hook distributed to 3574 households out of which 35.5% were living in children under 18 years. 56.5 % married couples living together, 9.3 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8 % were non-families. 23.4% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 9.1 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size is 3.14.

The population was spread out with 24.9 % under the, 15.0 % 18-24 year olds, 25.8 % 25 -44- year-old, 22.6% 45-64 year olds and 11.7 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.5 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 89.0 males.

The median household income in Red Hook was 46 701 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 57 473 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 42 099 U.S. dollars, compared to 26 694 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 20,410 U.S. dollars. 8.7 % of the population and 5.0 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 7.8 % of minors and 5.2 % of those age 65 or over.

Districts and other geographic places

  • Annandale -on-Hudson, a hamlet on the Hudson River in the northwest of the urban area
  • Barrytown, a hamlet south of Annandale -on-Hudson; the manor Montgomery Place is here
  • Cokertown, a hamlet in the northeast on County Route 56
  • College Park, a residential area east of Bard College
  • Fraleighs, a hamlet in the East
  • Kerleys Corners, a hamlet at the intersection of U.S. 9 and County Route 78
  • Linden Acres, a residential area northwest of the Village of Red Hook
  • Village of Red Hook
  • Red Hook Mills, a hamlet north of the Village of Red Hook
  • Spring Lakes, a hamlet on County Route 55
  • Tivoli, a village in the northwest of the Town along the Hudson River, on the west side of NY 9G
  • Upper Red Hook, a Hamlet in the north of the Village of Red Hook

Notable residents

  • Robert Sheckley, science fiction writer
  • Joseph G. masts, mayor of Buffalo (1843-1844 and 1845-1846) was born here.
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