Cornwall-on-Hudson is a riverfront

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in the town of

Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...

, Orange County, New York, United States. It lies on the west bank of the

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, approximately north of New York City. The population as of the 2020 census was 3,075. It is part of the

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as well as the larger

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History

The village was part of the Governor Dongan tract of 1685. Willisville was an early name for Cornwall-on-Hudson. Settlement in the area occurred at Cornwall Landing, a hamlet on the Hudson River below Butter Hill. It was the only river landing in the town. In the early 1800s, Daniel Tobias sailed a sloop from Cornwall Landing. As there was no direct communication between the river and the table-land above, in 1807, his brother, Isaac S. Tobias, built a road, at his own expense, as far as the first bridge on the road to Willisville.Ruttenber, Edw. Manning, comp; Clark, Lewis, H
''History of Orange County''
Philadelphia, Everts & Peck (1881). The Mead and Taft Company lumberyard once employed 500 people at the Landing. Cornwall Landing became a commercial hub with its own post office. The Landing began to decline after

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when passenger train service ended, and

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demolished the buildings. Cornwall-on-Hudson incorporated as a

in December 1884, within the Town of Cornwall.

Historic places

The

Amelia Barr House The Amelia Barr House, also known as Cherry Croft, is located on Mountain Road in Cornwall on Hudson,New York Times 1911 a village in Orange County, New York, United States. It is on the slopes of Storm King Mountain, near Storm King School ...

, also known as "Cherry Croft", is located on Mountain Road in Cornwall-on-Hudson, on the slopes of Storm King Mountain. Barr, an American writer born in the 19th century, lived here during the most prolific and successful period of her career. In 1982 it was added to the

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. Camp Olmsted is a summer camping facility in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, operated by the Five Points Mission, a

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organization. It is located along Bayview Avenue, NY-218, near Storm King Mountain. It was founded in 1901. Siblings Sarah and John Olmsted donated the 21-acre (8 ha) parcel. Campers would take the

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ferry from the city to Cornwall and then proceed to the camp. In 1966 the New York City Society took a role in operating the camp. The camp was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Geography

According to the

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, the village has a total area of , of which is land and (5.31%) is water. The zip code is 12520. Located just north of New York City, the village borders the western shore of the

. It is one of the most affluent communities in the Orange County area. While the village is primarily residential, it has a small commercial center and many riverfront homes adjacent to Donahue Memorial Park, formerly known as Cornwall Landing. NY-218 passes through the village and

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passes through the Town of Cornwall west of the village.

Storm King State Park Storm King State Park is a state park in Orange County, New York. The park is in the southeast part of the Town of Cornwall, next to the Hudson River. A central feature of the park is Storm King Mountain. History New York physician Ernest ...

lies south of the village, and, below that, the

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Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,058 people, 1,181 households, and 824 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 1,233 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 96.63%

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, 0.39%

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, 0.29% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 0.03%

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, 0.85% from other races, and 1.14% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 3.79% of the population. There were 1,181 households, out of which 34.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.2% were non-families. 25.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.14. In the village, the population was distributed with 27.0% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.5 males. The median income for a household in the village was $75,300, and the median income for a family was $88,000. Males had a median income of $55,000 versus $37,857 for females. The per capita income for the village was $31,272. About 2.6% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.8% of those under age 18 and 3.5% of those age 65 or over.

Schools

* Cornwall-on-Hudson Elementary School * Cornwall Central Middle School is the former Cornwall High School, located in the Town of Cornwall. * Cornwall Central High School is located in the Town of Cornwall. * Cornwall Elementary School at Lee Road is located in the Town of Cornwall. * Willow Avenue Elementary School is located in the Town of Cornwall. *

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(NYMA, private, boarding) is located in the Town of Cornwall, and uses the mailing address of Cornwall-on-Hudson despite being just outside its official boundary. * Storm King School (private, boarding)

Notable people

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(1892–1982), writer in Greenwich Village and Paris *

Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (March 29, 1831 – March 10, 1919) was an English novelist and teacher. Many of the plots of her stories are laid in Scotland and England. The scenes are from her girlhood recollection of surroundings. Her works inclu ...

(1831–1919), British novelist * Lawrence DeSmedt (1949–2004), known as

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, custom motorcycle builder and stuntman *

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(1903–1994), founder of

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and

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* Abram P. Haring (1840–1915), American Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor * William Frederick Hoppe (1887–1959), known as Willie Hoppe, professional carom billiards champion *

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(1839–1926), a German-American pioneer of the modern paper industry *

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(born 1952), U.S. Army general, born and raised in Cornwall-on-Hudson *

Edward Payson Roe Edward Payson Roe (March 7, 1838July 19, 1888) was an American novelist, Presbyterian minister, horticulturist and historian. Biography Edward Payson Roe was born in the village of Moodna, now part of New Windsor, New York. He studied at Willi ...

(1838–1888), novelist * Robert T. Sauer (born 1948), biochemist, raised on Mountain Road, student at Cornwall Central High School *

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(born 1952), Oscar-nominated filmmaker * Harriet Josephine Terry (1885–1967), African-American educator and one of the founders of

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sorority *

Abbott Handerson Thayer Abbott Handerson Thayer (August 12, 1849May 29, 1921) was an American painter, naturalist, and teacher. As a painter of portraits, figures, animals, and landscapes, he enjoyed a certain prominence during his lifetime, and his paintings are repres ...

(1849–1921), artist who rented Cherry Croft before Amelia Barr *

Nathaniel Parker Willis Nathaniel Parker Willis (January 20, 1806 – January 20, 1867), also known as N. P. Willis,Baker, 3 was an American writer, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfello ...

(1806–1867), magazine writer, editor, and poetEhrlich, Eugene; Carruth, Gorton. ''The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to the United States''. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982: 106. *

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(1889–1967), first accredited female war correspondent

References

External links

Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York

News from Cornwall and Cornwall-on-Hudson
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