Wingdale is a
hamlet
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and
census-designated place
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(CDP) in the town of
Dover
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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.
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The community is in southeastern Dutchess County, in the southern part of Dover. The hamlet of Wingdale is in the northern part of the CDP, while the Evangelical Center is in the south, on the grounds of the former Harlem Valley State Hospital, and scattered housing occupies the hills in the eastern part of the CDP. The Swamp River, a north-flowing tributary of the Tenmile River, part of the ]Housatonic River
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watershed, runs through the center of the CDP.
New York State Route 22
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runs through the CDP, passing east of Wingdale hamlet. The highway leads north to Dover Plains
Dover Plains is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 1,322 at the 2020 census.United States Census Bureau, 2020 Results, Dover Plains, New York https://www.census.gov/search- ...
and south the same distance to Pawling. State Route 55 runs concurrently with NY 22 to the south, but turns east at Wingdale and leads to Gaylordsville, Connecticut
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. Wingdale is east of Poughkeepsie
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and northwest of Danbury, Connecticut
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.
The Metro-North Harlem Valley–Wingdale station is located between the Evangelical Center and the Harlem Valley Golf Course in the southern part of the CDP.
Demographics
Attractions
Wingdale is the former home of the Dover Drag Strip, a dragstrip
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that existed from 1961 to 1976.
References
Census-designated places in Dutchess County, New York
Census-designated places in New York (state)
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