New Paltz is a village in

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located in the

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. It is approximately north of

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and south of Albany. The population was 7,324 at the 2020 census. New Paltz is located within the town of New Paltz. It is also home to the

State University of New York at New Paltz The State University of New York at New Paltz (SUNY New Paltz or New Paltz) is a public university in New Paltz, New York. It traces its origins to the New Paltz Classical School, a secondary institution founded in 1828 and reorganized as an ...

, founded in 1828. The town is served by exit 18 on the New York State Thruway (I-87), as well as state routes 299, 32, and 208, and is about 90 minutes from both

and Albany.

History

The Elting Memorial Library, Guilford-Bower Farm House,

Jean Hasbrouck House The Jean Hasbrouck House is a historic house on Historic Huguenot Street in New Paltz, New York. Built in 1721, it is one of the best examples of colonial Dutch architecture in stone in the United States. The house is a National Historic Landm ...

, Major Jacob Hasbrouck Jr. House,

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, Lake Mohonk Mountain House Complex, New Paltz Downtown Historic District, and The Locusts are listed on the

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Early development

New Paltz was founded in 1678 by French

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settlers, including Louis DuBois, who had taken refuge in

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, Germany, for a brief period of time, being married there in 1655, before emigrating to the Dutch colony of

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in 1660 with his family. Mannheim was a major town of the Palatinate (in German, the ''Pfalz''), at the time a center of Protestantism. The settlers lived in

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(present day

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) and in 1677 purchased a patent for the land surrounding present day New Paltz from a

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tribe known as the Esopus. The people of Mannheim use a dialect form of the name Pfalz without the "f", pronouncing it "Paltz." Records of the New Paltz

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, which was formed in 1683, show the name of the settlement was first expressed not in German, nor in English, but in French: ''Nouveau Palatinat''. The community was governed by a kind of corporation called the ''Duzine'', referring to the twelve partners who acquired the royal patent. That form of government continued well past the time of the

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, by special action of the

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. The or so of the patent, stretching to the

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and augmented soon by the other patents on the south, were eventually divided among those twelve partners, their relatives, and a few friends into large plots – part wilderness and part farm. The farms were grouped principally around the heights west and east of the

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. The commercial center serving the agricultural base was located on the east shore of the Wallkill River, in the area where the first settlers had built their shelters. The street is now known as Huguenot Street. There, the church, schools,

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es, and stores flourished for the benefit of farmers who required goods such as seed, tools, clothing, and food not available on all farms, including

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. The church, which was also used as a school, was located here. Many of the buildings still stand today, as a living museum community. Population slowly spread from the Wallkill up along the street now known as North Front Street and then along what is now Chestnut Street. In the nineteenth century, development continued along what is now Main Street. The secession of the town of Lloyd and parts of Shawangunk, Esopus, and

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, between 1843 and 1853, reduced New Paltz to its present size. In 1887, the village of New Paltz was incorporated within the eponymous town. Higher education has been one of the main concerns of the community since the 1830s, with facilities on Huguenot and North Front streets. Late in the nineteenth century, the college was built in the area of Plattekill Avenue and Manheim Boulevard, where the

now stands. The

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reached New Paltz by 1870, and provided passenger service through the town until 1937. After the rail line's closure in 1977, the section of the corridor running through New Paltz was converted to the

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, and the former

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in New Paltz was renovated as a restaurant, The Station.

Geography

According to the

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, the village has a total area of , of which is land and (1.70%) is water. The

runs north along the western border of New Paltz, flowing into the Rondout Creek and eventually the

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 6,034 people, 1898 households, and 586 families residing in the village. The

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was . There were 1,957 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 73.42%

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, 7.79%

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, 0.27% Native American, 7.01% Asian, 0.10%

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, 8.35% from other races, and 3.07% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 11.93% of the population. There were 1,898 households, out of which 12.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 21.1% were

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living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 69.1% were non-families. 41.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.03 and the average family size was 2.66. In the village, the age of population was disbursed as such: 6.9% under the age of 18, 58.7% from 18 to 24, 19.0% from 25 to 44, 10.1% from 45 to 64, and 5.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.8 males. The median income for a household in the village was $21,747, and the median income for a family was $51,186. Males had a median income of $33,103 versus $22,935 for females. The

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for the village was $11,644. About 11.8% of families and 36.9% of the population were below the

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, including 18.6% of those under age 18 and 12.2% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

The mayor is Tim Rogers, who was elected in May 2015 to a four-year term and reelected in 2019 and 2023. The four trustees on the village board are Alexandria Wojcik, William Wheeler Murray, Stana Weisburd, and Stevie Susta. The board of trustees meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 7:00 p.m. at the village hall. Sewer and water districts for the village are maintained through a department of public works. Rehabilitation of the sewer system, which has been found to overflow raw sewage onto local streets and into the Wallkill, is expected under a consent order agreed to in 2003. In 2004, then-Mayor

Jason West Jason West (born March 26, 1977) is an American politician who served as mayor of the village of New Paltz, New York, from January 1, 2003, to May 31, 2007, and again from June 1, 2011, to May 31, 2015. A graduate of the State University of New ...

helped catapult the village into the national spotlight as one of two locations in early 2004 to marry same-sex couples. West was also elected as part of the first

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majority elected to a village board in New York from 2003-2004. West lost the subsequent election, but was returned by voters in 2011. The

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have a small-but-active chapter in New Paltz that has been protesting in front of Elting Memorial Library weekly since November 2001. In 2024, over 200 activists rallied at the library to demonstrate their "outrage" over the

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of over 100 students at SUNY New Paltz who had created a Gaza solidarity encampment.

Media

Newspapers

The first local newspaper in New Paltz, the ''New Paltz Times'', was founded by Charles J. Ackert, who printed its first issue on July 6, 1860. It was a weekly paper in which the Democratic Party was supported. The ''New Paltz Independent'', a Republican newspaper, was founded in 1868. Both the ''Times'' and ''Independent'' merged in 1919, becoming the ''New Paltz Independent and Times'' that ran until 1972, when it became the ''Old Dutch New Paltz Independent and Times''. That same year it was renamed the ''Old Dutch independent'', and ran until it was discontinued in 1975. The ''New Paltz News'' was founded in 1935, and merged with the Wallkill paper ''Wallkill Valley World'' in 1980. The ''Huguenot Herald'' was first published in 1976 and merged in 1985 with the

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paper, the ''Highland Herald''. At SUNY New Paltz, a college newspaper, the ''New Paltz Oracle'', was founded in 1938,. The ''Huguenot Herald'' and ''New Paltz News'' continued to run until they were merged by the owner of

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as the ''New Paltz Times'' in 2001. The modern ''New Paltz Times'', which had no continuity with the 19th-century paper of the same name, was published weekly until 2020, when it was merged into ''Hudson Valley One''.

Culture

New Paltz hosts a number of cultural events.

Unity in Diversity Day

This event, paid for through the village, town, and SUNY New Paltz, celebrated the differences among people through food, spoken word poetry, artistic endeavors and theatrical performance. The last known theme, in 2007, was derived from

Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel ( ;"Seuss"
'' Sneetches.

Halloween

;Haunted Hasbrouck Park :For over a quarter of a century the Guenther family put on a free

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for area residents, which attracted thousands of visitors on

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night. After complaints about traffic and noise concerns, owners Ann and Dan Guenther announced in 2006 that they would no longer create the attraction. However, interest continued, and the attraction was relocated to Hasbrouck Park in 2007, utilizing the park's castle

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as a centerpiece. This move also increased community involvement for the event for the two years it was held there, drawing upon the local YMCA, village employees, and volunteers from the area. ;Halloween parade :A parade on Halloween night has been conducted through the village since the 1960s. ;Haunted Huguenot Street :On the nights leading up to Halloween, stories of spirits, tragedy, misfortune and the paranormal fill the 330-year-old street under the moniker of "Haunted Huguenot Street" tours. ;Night of 100 Pumpkins :Since 1990 this pumpkin-carving contest has been hosted at a local eatery called the Bakery.

Pride march

A pride march celebrating LGBT culture is a focus of pride celebrations in June, drawing a number of out-of-town visitors to see the community where same-sex weddings were performed when they were still illegal.

Memorial Day parade

The local Memorial Day parade is always held on the actual Memorial Day, not the Monday substitute agreed upon in Congress.

Turkey Trot

A fundraising run on Thanksgiving to support Family of New Paltz.

New Paltz Regatta

A river race using home made boats that was started in 1955 by

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fraternity at

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. It has since been taken over by local citizens and is held every year to celebrate the start of summer.

New Paltz in fiction

*New Paltz was the place in which the character Penny Johnson (

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) got an

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in the 1987 movie ''

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'', which was set in the early 1960s. *It was also the village visited by Miss Sara Howard during the investigation of a sadistic killer's origins, in the novel ''

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'' by

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. *The town is mentioned in

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's song "Killer Wants to Go to College" on his album ''

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''. *New Paltz was fictionalized as "Little Heart" in the 2013 novel ''The Cusp of Sad'' by Nikki Pison about the 1980s punk rock street and music scene.

Recreation

Biking and hiking

The Mohonk Preserve, Mohonk Mountain House and Minnewaska State Park offer biking and hiking opportunities in an area deemed picturesque by tourism supporters. The

passes through New Paltz and runs concurrently with the

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for a distance. The River-to-Ridge trail runs from the village line into the Mohonk Preserve.

Transportation

Automobile

New Paltz is exit 18 on the

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, which is also designated as Interstate 87.

Bus

There is frequent bus service between The

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in New York City and New Paltz provided by

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, with connections to many other villages and cities in New York State. Express bus service is also available from New Paltz to New York City via Trailways of New York, serving the park-ride lot at Exit 18 of the Thruway. Ulster County Area Transit also provides service to

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, along with local bus service to

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, and points in between along Route 32. In January 2009 the New Paltz Loop Bus, stopping at points throughout the community, was launched.

Air

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is the nearest major airport to New Paltz. It is located in Newburgh, thirty minutes to the south.

Rail

The

, founded in 1866, stretched from Montgomery to Kingston. The New Paltz railroad station was originally built in 1870, rebuilt after a 1907 fire. The railroad and station later came under

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ownership. The NYC operated two trains a day, each direction, on a Kingston-New Paltz-Montgomery run. At Kingston, connections were available trains north to Albany and south to Weehawken, New Jersey. The passenger service through New Paltz ended in 1937, and the rail division was abandoned by

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in 1983. The former roadbed was converted for use as the

. The former station (now called

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) was sold to private interests in 1959. The building was in a state of disrepair by the early 1980s, but renovated in 1988 and converted to an Italian restaurant in 1999. The nearest active railroad station is the Poughkeepsie Metro-North station, which is served by several

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trains and is the terminus for the

's Hudson Line. The Hudson Line stretches from Poughkeepsie to

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. Poughkeepsie is a 15-20 minute drive east of New Paltz.

Transportation plan

In 2006, the town and village officials agreed to pay for a transportation study to analyze the transportation needs of the area. The study's suggestions included turning Main Street into a one-way route and improving bicycle and pedestrian access. An implementation committee was appointed in 2007 to study ways to use the plan.

Education

The village is in

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Notable people

* Louis Dubois, founder of one of the earliest

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colonies in the Americas. *

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champion. * Lewis DuBois, descendant of the original Huguenot refugees and a

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commander in the

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during the

. * Mary Gordon, novelist. *

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, actor. * Benjamin F. Church,

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pioneer *

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, former

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member *

John Turturro John Michael Turturro ( ; born February 28, 1957) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his varied roles in independent films, and has worked frequently with the Coen brothers and Spike Lee. He has received a Primetime Emmy Award a ...

Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywood ...

Actor *

Sandy Duncan Sandra Kay Duncan (born February 20, 1946) is an American actress, comedian, dancer and singer. She is known for her performances in the Broadway revival of ''Peter Pan'', the sitcom '' The Hogan Family'', and the Disney films '' The Million D ...

, actor of

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and television fame. * Terry Austin, comic book Artist and Inker *

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, heavyweight

champion. * Dana Lyons,

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and

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musician * Charles Davis,

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Television Commentator * Keith Schiller, Deputy Assistant and Director of

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Operations for President

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, founder of

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and 2020 candidate for U.S. president *

Vladimir Feltsman Vladimir Oskarovich Feltsman (, ''Vladimir Oskarovič Feltsman'' (born 8 January 1952) is a Russian-American classical pianist descent particularly noted for his devotion to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Frédéric Chopin. Backgr ...

, Distinguished Professor of

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at the

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, author and son of

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Sister city

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, Japan

References

Pison, Nikki. "The Cusp of Sad." 2013. Little Heart Press: Rosendale, NY. https://www.foxnews.com/us/small-town-rallies-in-support-of-american-flag-mural-after-initial-outcry

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External links

Village of New Paltz Official Site
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