Washington, New York

Washington is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 4,741 at the 2010 census.^[3] The town is named after George Washington, who passed through the town during the Revolution.

Washington is in the central part of the county, northeast of the city of Poughkeepsie. U.S. Route 44 passes across the town.

History

The town was part of the Great Nine Partners Patent of 1697. The town was formed in 1788 as one of the original towns of the re-organized county. The town lost territory in 1793 to form the new town of Stanford.

Notable people

Charles Erwin Booth, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
Mary Tyler Moore, American actress, producer
Liam Neeson, actor
Ric Ocasek, founder of The Cars and music producer^[4]
Melancton Smith, delegate to the Continental Congress

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 58.9 square miles (152.5 km²), of which 58.2 square miles (150.7 km²) is land and 0.69 square miles (1.8 km²), or 1.21%, is water.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1820	2,882		—
1830	3,036		5.3%
1840	2,833		−6.7%
1850	2,805		−1.0%
1860	2,685		−4.3%
1870	2,792		4.0%
1880	2,797		0.2%
1890	2,766		−1.1%
1900	3,032		9.6%
1910	3,027		−0.2%
1920	2,795		−7.7%
1930	3,042		8.8%
1940	3,080		1.2%
1950	3,427		11.3%
1960	3,695		7.8%
1970	4,407		19.3%
1980	4,382		−0.6%
1990	4,479		2.2%
2000	4,742		5.9%
2010	4,741		0.0%
Est. 2014	4,697	^[5]	−0.9%
U.S. Decennial Census^[6]

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 4,742 people, 1,914 households, and 1,244 families residing in the town. The population density was 80.3 people per square mile (31.0/km²). There were 2,192 housing units at an average density of 37.1 per square mile (14.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 94.69% White, 2.83% African American, 0.06% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.78% from other races, and 0.97% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.58% of the population.

There were 1,914 households out of which 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.1% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families. 29.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the town the population was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 27.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.7 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $52,104, and the median income for a family was $69,074. Males had a median income of $45,938 versus $31,411 for females. The per capita income for the town was $32,561. About 2.7% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.5% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.

Communities and locations in Washington

Lithgow – A location in the northeast corner of the town.
Littlerest – A location south of Mabbettsville.
Mabbettsville – A hamlet east of Millbrook.
Millbrook – The Village of Millbrook in near the center of the town.
South Millbrook – A location south of Millbrook bordering the town of Union Vale, New York
Shunpike – A location north of Millbrook.
Washington's Hollow – A location by the west town line, where Washington camped.

References

1 2 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
1 2 "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Washington town, Dutchess County, New York". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
↑ Barry, John. "The Cars, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Hudson Valley". Poughkeepsie Journal. Gannett. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". Retrieved June 4, 2015.
↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.

External links

Town of Washington official website

Municipalities and communities of Dutchess County, New York, United States

County seat: Poughkeepsie

Cities	Beacon Poughkeepsie

Towns	Amenia Beekman Clinton Dover East Fishkill Fishkill Hyde Park LaGrange Milan North East Pawling Pine Plains Pleasant Valley Poughkeepsie Red Hook Rhinebeck Stanford Union Vale Wappinger Washington

Villages	Fishkill Millbrook Millerton Pawling Red Hook Rhinebeck Tivoli Wappingers Falls

CDPs	Amenia Arlington Brinckerhoff Crown Heights Dover Plains Fairview Freedom Plains Haviland Hillside Lake Hopewell Junction Hyde Park Merritt Park Myers Corner Pine Plains Pleasant Valley Red Oaks Mill Rhinecliff Salt Point Spackenkill Staatsburg Titusville

Other hamlets	Annandale-on-Hudson Barrytown Boston Corner‡ Chelsea LaGrangeville Linden Acres Lithgow Mabbettsville New Hamburg Pleasant Plains Quaker Hill Shekomeko Silvernails Sylvan Lake Van Keurens Verbank Wassaic

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/2/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.