New Paltz, New York
New Paltz State New York Highest point Paltz Point, NW corner town line.
Lowest point Wallkill River at N town corner Ulster County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas New Paltz (town) highlighted.svg Location in Ulster County and the state of New York.
Wikimedia Commons: New Paltz, New York Website: Town of New Paltz, NY New Paltz (/ nu p lts/; locally: [ nup z]) is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States.
The populace was 14,003 at the 2010 census. The town is positioned in the southeastern part of the county and is south of Kingston.
New Paltz contains a village also with the name New Paltz.
Due to the existence of what is now the State University of New York at New Paltz, it has been a college town for over 150 years.
The Town of New Paltz was established in 1678 by French Huguenots by both patent from the governor and purchase from the small-town Esopus tribe of the Lenape citizens .
They settled in the region of the present-day village of New Paltz (on what is now known as Huguenot Street Historic District) and established their own small-town government. In 1842, part of New Paltz was removed to form the Town of Esopus.
More of New Paltz was removed in order to form the Towns of Rosendale (1844), Lloyd (1845), and Gardiner (1853). The Wallkill River flows northward through New Paltz on its way to join the Rondout Creek, which in turn feeds into the Hudson River.
Aerial view of New Paltz at an altitude of 3,500 feet MSL, looking west In the town, the populace was spread out with 16.9% under the age of 18, 31.4% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
New Paltz is accessible by a number of different roads.
Interstate 87 (the New York State Thruway) is the chief thoroughfare and passes through in the easterly part and homes Exit 18 for Route 299.
New Paltz has 4 enhance schools, K-12 and is home to a college in the SUNY system.
New Paltz Middle School (6-8) New Paltz High School (9-12).
State University of New York at New Paltz The town is governed by a town council composed of four at-large members who serve for four years and a supervisor who serves for two years.
Jason West, who performed marriages of gay couples while mayor of the Village of New Paltz. Paul Benenati, United States Army Major General and Deputy Commander of the First United States Army New Paltz, New York Hudson river from bear mountain Hudson Valley portal - Flag of New York.svg - New York portal History of the Village of New Paltz, Retrieved February 27, 2013.
Town of New Paltz, NY Elting Memorial Library (New Paltz) New Paltz Rescue Squad, Inc.
New Paltz Fire Department Municipalities and communities of Ulster County, New York, United States Denning Esopus Gardiner Hardenburgh Hurley Kingston Lloyd Marbletown Marlborough New Paltz Olive Plattekill Rochester Rosendale Saugerties Shandaken Shawangunk Ulster Wawarsing Woodstock Ellenville New Paltz Saugerties
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