Upper Red Hook is a
hamlet
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and
census-designated place
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(CDP) in the town of
Red Hook in
Dutchess County
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,
New York
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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the
2020 census.
[
The community is in northwestern Dutchess County, in the northeastern part of the town of Red Hook. ]U.S. Route 9
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passes through the CDP, leading north to Hudson
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and southwest through Red Hook village to Rhinebeck.
Demographics
References
Census-designated places in Dutchess County, New York
Census-designated places in New York (state)
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