{"id":6370,"date":"2023-07-26T22:30:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T22:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=6370"},"modified":"2026-08-07T13:07:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T13:07:44","slug":"dutchess-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/dutchess-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutchess County, New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dutchess County is a county in New York, United States, about 70 miles north of New York City
\non the east bank of the Hudson River. It had a population of 295,911 at the 2020 census, an
\nestimated 300,708 by 2025, and covers 825 square miles (2,140 km2) centred near 41\u00b046\u2032N 73\u00b045\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Poughkeepsie is the county seat and the county’s largest city; its postal code is 12601.
\nThe county holds 2 cities, 8 incorporated villages and 20 towns, and it runs on Eastern Time.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Dutchess County<\/h2>\n

Dutchess County has 32 named places on the Census Bureau’s current list: 2 independent
\ncities, 8 incorporated villages and 22 census-designated places (CDPs) — unincorporated
\nhamlets with no local government of their own. Every village and CDP sits inside one of the
\ncounty’s 20 towns, which are listed separately below.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTown<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Poughkeepsie<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n31,577<\/td>\n12601<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beacon<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n13,769<\/td>\n12508<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wappingers Falls<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nWappinger & Poughkeepsie<\/td>\n6,103<\/td>\n12590<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rhinebeck<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nRhinebeck<\/td>\n2,697<\/td>\n12572<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fishkill<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nFishkill<\/td>\n2,166<\/td>\n12524<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pawling<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nPawling<\/td>\n1,995<\/td>\n12564<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Red Hook<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nRed Hook<\/td>\n1,975<\/td>\n12571<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Millbrook<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nWashington<\/td>\n1,455<\/td>\n12545<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tivoli<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nRed Hook<\/td>\n1,012<\/td>\n12583<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Millerton<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nNorth East<\/td>\n903<\/td>\n12546<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Myers Corner<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nWappinger<\/td>\n10,598<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fairview<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nPoughkeepsie & Hyde Park<\/td>\n5,475<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Haviland<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nPoughkeepsie<\/td>\n4,174<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Red Oaks Mill<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nPoughkeepsie<\/td>\n3,810<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brinckerhoff<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nFishkill<\/td>\n3,377<\/td>\n12603<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arlington<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nPoughkeepsie<\/td>\n3,010<\/td>\n12603<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marist University<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nPoughkeepsie<\/td>\n2,894<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hyde Park<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nHyde Park<\/td>\n1,925<\/td>\n12538<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Merritt Park<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nFishkill<\/td>\n1,647<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pleasant Valley<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nPleasant Valley<\/td>\n1,603<\/td>\n12569<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Hackensack<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nWappinger<\/td>\n1,497<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hopewell Junction<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nEast Fishkill<\/td>\n1,330<\/td>\n12533<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dover Plains<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nDover<\/td>\n1,322<\/td>\n12522<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chelsea Cove<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nBeekman<\/td>\n1,150<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pine Plains<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nPine Plains<\/td>\n1,142<\/td>\n12567<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hillside Lake<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nEast Fishkill<\/td>\n1,091<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Hamburg<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nPoughkeepsie<\/td>\n842<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amenia<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nAmenia<\/td>\n725<\/td>\n12501<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rhinecliff<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nRhinebeck<\/td>\n380<\/td>\n12574<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bard College<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nRed Hook<\/td>\n358<\/td>\n12504<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salt Point<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nPleasant Valley<\/td>\n202<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barrytown<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nRed Hook<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n12507<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Two places on this list straddle a town line. Wappingers Falls sits mostly in the town of
\nWappinger, but its western edge reaches into the town of Poughkeepsie. Fairview, a Poughkeepsie
\nsuburb bordering the city on its north side, is split between the town of Poughkeepsie and the
\ntown of Hyde Park — the Census Bureau counts it as one CDP straddling both.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n

Every acre of Dutchess County outside its two cities lies inside one of 20 towns, New York’s
\nversion of the civil township. Towns run their own local government, hold their own elections,
\nand can contain any mix of villages, CDPs and open countryside.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Town<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Poughkeepsie<\/td>\n45,471<\/td>\nArlington, Fairview, New Hamburg, Red Oaks Mill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East Fishkill<\/td>\n29,707<\/td>\nHopewell Junction, Hillside Lake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wappinger<\/td>\n28,216<\/td>\nWappingers Falls, Myers Corner, New Hackensack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fishkill<\/td>\n24,226<\/td>\nFishkill village, Brinckerhoff, Merritt Park<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hyde Park<\/td>\n21,021<\/td>\nHyde Park CDP, Culinary Institute of America<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LaGrange<\/td>\n15,975<\/td>\nLagrangeville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beekman<\/td>\n14,172<\/td>\nChelsea Cove<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Red Hook<\/td>\n9,953<\/td>\nRed Hook village, Tivoli village, Bard College, Barrytown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pleasant Valley<\/td>\n9,799<\/td>\nPleasant Valley CDP, Salt Point<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dover<\/td>\n8,415<\/td>\nDover Plains<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pawling<\/td>\n8,012<\/td>\nPawling village<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rhinebeck<\/td>\n7,596<\/td>\nRhinebeck village, Rhinecliff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Union Vale<\/td>\n4,558<\/td>\nrural, no CDP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Washington<\/td>\n4,522<\/td>\nMillbrook village<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clinton<\/td>\n4,037<\/td>\nrural, no CDP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amenia<\/td>\n3,769<\/td>\nAmenia CDP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stanford<\/td>\n3,628<\/td>\nrural, no CDP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North East<\/td>\n2,971<\/td>\nMillerton village<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milan<\/td>\n2,245<\/td>\nrural, no CDP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pine Plains<\/td>\n2,218<\/td>\nPine Plains CDP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n