Montgomery County, New York.
Montgomery, NY, Town Lowest point Wallkill River at N town line Orange County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Montgomery (town) highlighted.svg Location in Orange County and the state of New York.
Wikimedia Commons: Town of Montgomery, New York Montgomery is a town in Orange County, New York, United States.
The Town of Montgomery is in the northern part of the county at the county line shared by Ulster County.
Montgomery is immediately west of the Town of Newburgh.
5 Communities and locations in the Town of Montgomery The town was originally established as "Hanover" in 1772, but became the Town of Montgomery in 1782.
The improve of Montgomery set itself off by incorporating as a village in 1810, and in 1855, the improve of Walden incorporated also.
Montgomery is bordered on the east by the Town of Newburgh and on the north by the Town of Shawangunk in Ulster County.The Town of Crawford is to the west.
The suburbs of Wallkill, Hamptonburgh and New Windsor, from west to east, border on the south.
The village of Walden is positioned in the north central portion of town.
The town's topography is generally level and low, except along parts of its easterly and boundaries, reflecting the passage of the Wallkill River through it from north to west.
The county's Winding Hills Park is partially inside Montgomery, as are portions of two larger state-level protected areas: Highland Lakes State Park and Stewart State Forest.
The Wallkill River is the town's primary watercourse, flowing through it from south to north past both the villages Montgomery and Walden, also partially serving as its border with Hamptonburgh.
The Muddy Kill, positioned entirely inside the town, drains the region below the Comfort Hills in west central Montgomery.
Tin Brook, the Wallkill's only primary easterly tributary, rises just southeast of the town and flows north, then west, through Walden to drain into the river just north of the village.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 51.1 square miles (132.3 km ), of which, 50.4 square miles (130.6 km ) of it is territory and 0.6 square miles (1.7 km ) of it (1.25%) is water.
Geological Survey's Garrison benchmark at a corner of the Ulster County line on Kings Hill, at 820 feet (250 m) above sea level; this is also the highest point in the neighboring Town of Newburgh as well.
The lowest altitude is 240 feet (73 m), where the Wallkill River flows athwart the northern town and county line.
Montgomery calls itself "The Transportation Hub of the Northeast" from the days when the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (later part of Penn Central) had a primary existence north of Maybrook, and the Wallkill Valley Railroad (later combined into the New York Central) ran through Montgomery and Walden, connecting to the Erie Railroad mainline at Goshen.
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Berea A hamlet east of Montgomery village on NY-17 - K, west of Coldenham.
Maybrook Most of the Village of Maybrook is positioned in the southern part of the town on NY-208.
Montgomery The Village of Montgomery is positioned near the center of the town at the intersection of NY-17 - K and NY-211.
Scotts Corners A hamlet immediately east of Montgomery village, positioned at the intersection of NY-17 - K and NY-208.
Walden The Village of Walden is in the northern part of the town by the Wallkill River and NY-208.
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