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Port Jervis
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city in Orange County, New York
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- County
- Orange
- Settled
- 1690 ; 336 years ago ( 1690 )
- Incorporated village
- 1853 ; 173 years ago ( 1853 )
- Incorporated city
- 1907 ; 119 years ago ( 1907 )
- Named after
- John B. Jervis
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Dominic Cicalese ( R )
- Councilman at large
- Michael Hockenberry (R)
- Total
- 2.70 sq mi (7.00 km )
- Land
- 2.53 sq mi (6.55 km )
- Water
- 0.17 sq mi (0.44 km ) 6.64%
- Elevation
- 400 ft (122 m)
- Density
- 3,468.6/sq mi (1,339.24/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Fips code
- 36-59388
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Encyclopedic overview
Port Jervis is a city located at the confluence of the Neversink and Delaware rivers in western Orange County, New York, United States, north of the Delaware Water Gap. Its population was 8,775 at the 2020 census. The communities of Deerpark, Huguenot, Sparrowbush, and Greenville are adjacent to Port Jervis. Matamoras, Pennsylvania, is across the river and connected by the Mid-Delaware Bridge. Montague Township, New Jersey, also borders the city. The Tri-States Monument, marking the tripoint between New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, lies at the southwestern corner of the city.
Port Jervis was part of early industrial history, a point for shipping coal to major markets to the southeast by canal and later by railroads. Its residents had long-distance passenger service by railroad until 1970. The restructuring of railroads resulted in a decline in the city's business and economy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Port Jervis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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