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The Hudson Valley (also known as the Hudson River Valley) ... New Amsterdam was founded at the mouth of the Hudson River, and would later become known as New York ...
The Hudson Valley (also known as the Hudson River Valley) comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York. The region stretches from the Capital District including Albany and Troy south to Yonkers in Westchester County , bordering New York City .
The Senate House, in Kingston, is where the U.S. state of New York was founded in 1777. [1] The predecessors of Hudson Valley towns predate the state. The towns and cities of the Hudson Valley were created by the U.S. state of New York as municipalities, in order to perform the services of local government. [2]
New Amsterdam was founded at the mouth of the Hudson River, and would later become known as New York City. Wiltwyck was founded roughly halfway up the Hudson River between New Amsterdam and Fort Orange. That outpost would later become Kingston. Fort Orange was the outpost that was the furthest up the Hudson River.
Dutchess County is a county in the U.S. state of New York.As of the 2020 census, the population was 295,911. [4] The county seat is the city of Poughkeepsie. [5] The county was created in 1683, one of New York's first twelve counties, [A] and later organized in 1713.
The Hudson Valley (also known as the Hudson River Valley) comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York. The region stretches from the Capital District including Albany and Troy south to Yonkers in Westchester County , bordering New York City .
The first settler was Derrick Teunis van Vechten, who built a house here in 1680. [5] The town was established on March 7, 1788, as part of Albany County.When Greene County was formed on March 25, 1800, Catskill became part of the new county. [6]
Life Along the Hudson (New York, NY: Rizzoli, 2018). Jane Garmey. Private Gardens of the Hudson Valley (New York, NY: Monacelli Press, 2013). Michael Middleton Dwyer, editor, with a preface by Mark Rockefeller. Great Houses of the Hudson River (Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, published in association with Historic Hudson Valley, 2001).