• Formed:  1821 as Freedom, 1829 as LaGrange
• Population:  15,788
• Town Hall:  120 Stringham Road, Lagrangeville, 12540
• Phone:  845-452-1830
• Web Site/e-mail:
• Hamlets and Villages: 
• Manchester Bridge
• Freedom Plains
• Lagrangeville
• Arthursburg
• Billings
• Moores Niill
• Origin of Name:  Named Freedom in 1821.  Changed in 1829 in honor of the home of Marquis De Lafayette, who toured here in 1824
• In case of emergency:
• Police, 845-486-3800 or 845-677-7300
• Ambulance, 845-452-1311
• Fire, 845-227-2723, 845-452-4989, 845-462-2277
• Utilities:
• Central Hudson Gas & Electric, 845-452-2700
• Cable; TCI of New York State, Inc. 845-471-7440, Media One 845-297-3333
• Phone; Frontier Communications of Sylvan Lake, 845-227-3100
• Parks and Recreation:
• James Baird State Park
• Freedom Park and a greenway along Wappinger Crock off Sleight-Plass Road
• Libraries:
• Lagrange Association Library, 845-452-3141
• Points of Interest:
• Billings Mountain
• Sunset Hill Mountain
• Vervalim Mountain
• F.J. Skidmore Nature Conservancy
• Historic Sites:
• Taylor House
• Freedom Plains Historic District (Dr. Fink Farmhouse, Little Red Schoolhouse)
• former Sleight Farm (c.1765)
• Freedom Plains Presbyterian Church
• Famous Residents: 
• Dr. George Huntington, discovered Huntington's disease
• Thomas and Gail Sudler Rockwell, authors and illustrators of children's books
• Kate Millet, author and sculptor
• John Arthur, uncle to Chester A. Arthur, former U.S. President
• James Baird, builder of Lincoln Memorial, Washinton D.C.
• J. Lossing Buck, husband of Pearl Buck, T. Carl Whitmor composer
• Helen Crosier, Whitmore artist

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1136 Rt 9
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
Office: 845-227-2777 Ext. 11 or 12
Direct: 845-897-9734
Fax: 845-227-4166
E-Mail: nufers@optonline.net

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