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Dutchess County
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county in New York, United States
Dutchess County is a county located in New York State, situated along the Hudson River in the state's southeastern region. It is an important area that includes significant communities and serves as part of the broader Hudson Valley region.
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Official website
Dutchess County Government
Dutchess County, New York. Official Government website for County Information
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Mary of Modena
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- New York
- Contains
- Poughkeepsie
- Capital
- Poughkeepsie
- Population
- 295911
- Area
- 2138
- Shares border with
- Ulster County
- Highest point
- Brace Mountain
- Official website
- www.co.dutchess.ny.us
- Image
- Main Mall Row, Poughkeepsie, NY.jpg
- Households
- 110095
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- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Dutchess County, New York
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Dutchess County, New York
- Commons category
- Dutchess County, New York
- topic's main category
- Category:Dutchess County, New York
- inception
- 1683-00-00
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Dutchess County, New York
- water as percent of area
- 3.6
- native label
- Dutchess County
- social media followers
- 9009
- per capita income
- 42309
- topic has template
- Template:Dutchess County, New York
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Encyclopedic overview
Dutchess County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 295,911. The county seat is the city of Poughkeepsie. The county was created in 1683, one of New York's first twelve counties, and later organized in 1713. Dutchess County is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area, which belongs to the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. The county is part of the Hudson Valley region of the state.
History
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