Formed: 1687, incorporated 1799 as visage and 1854 as city
Population: 29,871
City Hall: 62 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie, 12602
Phone: 845-451-4200
Web Site/e-mail:
Origin of Name: A norht-south Indian trait along the Hudson River intercepted a stream in what is now the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery. The Indians called the place Uppuqui-ipis-ing, which
means "reed-covered lodge by the little watering place."
In case of emergency:
Dutchess County Sheriff, 845-486-3800
Ambulance; Alamo Ambulance Service, 845-471-3700
Fire, 845-485-3330 or 845-451-4079
Police, 845-451-4000
Utilities:
Central Hudson Gas & Electric, 845-452-2700
Cable; TCI of New York State, 845-471-7440
Phone; Bell Atlanic, 845-890-7100
Parks and Recreation:
Eastman Park
Victor C. Waryas Park
College Hill Park
Spratt Park
McCann Golf Course
Kaal Rock Park
Libraries:
Adriance Memorial Library, 845-485-3445
Maplewood Branch, 845-485-5741
Arlington Branch, 845-454-9301
Points of Interest:
Hudson River
College Hill
Historic Sites:
Clinton House
Glebe House
Bardavon 1869 Opera House
Courthouse - site where New York ratified the U.S. Constitution
Famous Residents:
New York Governor and U.S. Vice President George Clinton
U.S. Senator Nathaniel Talmadge (defined the Whig nomination for vice president in 1840 - John Tyler got it instead)
Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy
Matthe Vassar, founder of Vassar College
William and Andrew Smith of the Smith Brothers cough drops fame.
Ray Boedecker, IBM Vice President
Smith Thompson, Supreme Court Justice
Harvey Eastman, business college founder
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