Warwick is a
village
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in
Orange County, New York
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Orange ...
, United States, in the southeastern section of the
town of Warwick
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Origin and use
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. The village's population was 6,652 at the time of the
2020 census. It is part of the
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Bridgeport
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, NY-
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PA Combined Statistical Area
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.
History
Settled in the middle part of the 18th Century, the village grew from its agricultural roots as a stopover on the
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between
Philadelphia
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and
Newburgh, New York
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. During the American War for Independence, British General
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and his army camped on the outskirts of the village after their defeat at the
Battle of Saratoga
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. Also during the American Revolution,
Martha Washington
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stayed at Baird's Tavern, now located on Main Street in the Village.
In 1859, Grinnell Burt along with other local businessmen met to form a new rail line from the
Erie Railroad
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's main line at
Greycourt to the village as a means of transporting milk and other agricultural products to market. The
Warwick Valley Railroad
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was chartered on March 8th, 1860 and the line was completed in 1862 functioning essentially as a 10-mile long branch of the 6-foot gauge Erie. Almost all of the commercial brick buildings in the village date to this period including the Dispatch Building and Demerest Hotel which were built to house passengers from the trains. When the line was extended to Belvidere, then to Allentown, the Warwick Valley Railroad was merged into the
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
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in 1882 with Warwick serving as the headquarters for the 90+ mile line for its entire history. The railyard first established at the South Street terminus was replaced first with a roundhouse and machine shop at Elm Street, then in 1910 with a full complex off of River Street (the present site of Jones Chemical). The L&HR served as a major "bridge line" of freight traffic between Pennsylvania and the enormous railyard at
Maybrook, New York
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where freight would be forward to New England over the vitally important
Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge
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. With the advent of the age of the automobile, the small passenger business that existed dried up and the last passenger train was run between Warwick and Greycourt on July 8, 1939. The L&HR was the largest single employer in the village of Warwick, but with the decline of rail and the burning of the Poughkeepsie Bridge in May of 1974, the L&HR was deemed irrelevant and the bankrupt railroad was folded into
Conrail
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in 1976.
Without any link to a major highway, Warwick avoided the rapid development of other town in Orange County at the beginning of the 21st Century and maintains its small town charm to this day. One hundred thirty acres (42 ha) along Routes 94 and 17A in the center of the village are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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as the
Warwick Village Historic District
The Warwick Village Historic District is located in the center of the village of Warwick in the U.S. state of New York. It takes up an irregularly-shaped 130 acres (42 ha) of residential and commercial neighborhoods centered on NY 94 and 17A ...
. Buildings there range from the oldest in the village, the 1764 Shingle House, preserved and maintained by the Historical Society of the Town of Warwick, also known as the Warwick Historical Society, to large early 20th-century cottages built by weekend vacationers from New York City.
Geography
Warwick is located at (41.25313, -74.356815).
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of , all land.
NY-94 and
NY-17A intersect in the center of the village and connect Warwick to the villages of
Florida
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and
Greenwood Lake
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. County highways 1A, 1B, and 13 lead into the village also. On the northern end of the village is St. Anthony Medical Center. With the termination of the passenger railroad, the only form of public transportation to
New York City
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is
NJ Transit
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buses, using either the 196 (express) or 197 (local) routes.
The state line between New York and
New Jersey
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is west of the village. Hamlets surrounding the village include
Amity,
Bellvale, Wisner, Edenville, Greenwood Forest Farms, Little York, New Milford,
Pine Island, and Sterling Forest.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 6,412 people, 2,523 households, and 1,619 families residing in the village. The
population density
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was . There were 2,615 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 92.56%
white
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, 3.26%
black
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or
African American
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, 0.19%
Native American, 0.62%
Asian
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, 0.03%
Pacific Islander
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, 1.08% from
other races
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, and 2.26% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 5.68% of the population.
![Warwick Village Building](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Warwick_Village_Building.JPG)
There were 2,523 households, out of which 34.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.6% were
married couples
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living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.8% were non-families. 31.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.16.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 26.3% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 18.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.8 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $49,665, and the median income for a family was $62,984. Males had a median income of $56,641 versus $36,613 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the village was $24,648. About 3.7% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 3.5% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.
References
External links
Official site
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Villages in New York (state)
Villages in Orange County, New York
Warwick, New York
Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown metropolitan area