Fishkill, New York Fishkill, New York Official seal of Fishkill, New York Location of Fishkill, New York Location of Fishkill, New York State New York Fishkill is a village inside the town of Fishkill in Dutchess County, New York, United States.
The village populace was 2,171 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie Newburgh Middletown, NY Metropolitan Travel Destination as well as the larger New York Newark Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area.
The village is in the easterly part of the town of Fishkill on U.S.
Fishkill is positioned in the former territory of the Wappinger citizens .
The name "Fishkill" evolved from two Dutch words, vis (fish) and kil (stream or creek). In 1714, Dutch immigrants settled in the area.
The village of Fishkill was a momentous crossroads in the overland transit network in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The Kings Highway, connecting Albany to New York City, intersected with a primary overland route from New England to the Hudson River. Among the first to occupy the territory now inside the village limits were Johannes Ter Boss and Henry Rosecrance. By 1716 the pioneer wanted their own Dutch Reformed church so they would not have to cross the river to Kingston or New Paltz to worship.
The first Dominie (minister) who appeared from the Netherlands in 1731 served churches in Poughkeepsie and Fishkill.
The fourth New York Provincial Congress met in the church in 1776, making Fishkill the state capital, until the Congress moved to Kingston in 1777. The site used for the schoolhouse belonged to the Fishkill Reformed Church and was formerly used as pasture territory for the pastor's cow. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the village has a total region of 0.89 square miles (2.3 km2), all of it land. Route 9 leads north 5 miles (8 km) to Wappingers Falls, north 12 miles (19 km) to Poughkeepsie, and south 19 miles (31 km) to Peekskill.
New York State Route 52 leads west 5 miles (8 km) to Beacon and east 7 miles (11 km) to the Taconic State Parkway in East Fishkill.
Interstate 84 passes 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village, with access from Exit 12 (NY 52 southwest of the village) and Exit 13 (US 9 south of the village).
New York City is 70 miles (110 km) to the south via the Taconic Parkway or New York State Thruway.
In the village, the populace was spread out with 14.1% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 30.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the village was $36,344, and the median income for a family was $59,737.
Main Street in Fishkill Fishkill is served by the bus routes "A", "B", and "F", directed by Dutchess LOOP. In 1996, the animal rights group PETA suggested the town (and, presumably, the village as well) change its name to something less suggestive of violence toward fish. The town declined this change because the name is not meant to suggest violence but instead comes from the Dutch who originally settled the territory in which "kill" means "creek".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Fishkill village, New York".
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