Headnote
DUTCHESS COUNTY, situated on the easterly boundary of New York, with Hudson river on the west. Area, 340 square miles. Face of the country diversified with valleys, hills, and mountains; soil rich and well cultivated. Seat of justice, Poughkeepsie. Pop. in 1810, 41,141; in 1820, 46,615; in 1830, 50,926; in 1840, 52,398; in 1850, 58,992. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
New York

Dutchess County, New York (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
DUTCHESS COUNTY, situated on the easterly boundary of New York, with Hudson river on the west. Area, 340 square miles. Face of the country diversified with valleys, hills, and mountains; soil rich and well cultivated. Seat of justice, Poughkeepsie. Pop. in 1810, 41,141; in 1820, 46,615; in 1830, 50,926; in 1840, 52,398; in 1850, 58,992.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 109.
Date Type
Ice on the Hudson gives way under a sleigh and eight people are drowned Crime/Disasters
In Dutchess County, New York, a troop train derailment kills five men of the 94th New York Volunteers Crime/Disasters
Birthplace of
Name Type
Barrytown, NY City or Town
Dover Plains, NY City or Town
Dover, NY City or Town
Pawling, NY City or Town
Poughkeepsie, NY City or Town
Rhinebeck, NY City or Town
Wassaic, NY City or Town
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