Gazetteer/Almanac
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)
Note Cards
Dutchess County, New York (Fanning's, 1853)
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.
Events
| 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 |
Places
| 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 |
