• Source: New Paltz, New York

new" target="_blank">New Paltz (locally ) is an incorporated U.S. town in Ulster County, new" target="_blank">New York. The population was 14,407 at the 2020 census. The town is located in the southeastern part of the county and is south of Kingston. new" target="_blank">New Paltz contains a village, also with the name new" target="_blank">New Paltz. The town is named for Palz (IPA: [ˈpalts]), the dialect name of the Palatinate, called Pfalz (IPA: [ˈpfalts] ) in standard German.
Due to the presence of what is now the State University of new" target="_blank">New York at new" target="_blank">New Paltz, it has been a college town for over 150 years.




History


The town of new" target="_blank">New Paltz was founded in 1678 by French Huguenots by both patent from the governor and purchase from the local Esopus tribe of the Lenape people. Prior to the purchase of new" target="_blank">New Paltz during the 17th century, the Esopus tribe had been pressured off much of their land which is now present day Ulster and Sullivan counties, because of conflicts known as the Esopus Wars. As a result, the Esopus were willing to exchange the land for a hefty sum of goods.[1] The Huguenots were religious refugees from France who had immigrated via Mannheim in the German Palatinate, where they had settled after fleeing France during religious persecution. They settled in the area of the present-day village of new" target="_blank">New Paltz (on what is now known as Huguenot Street Historic District) and established their own local government.
The size of the town increased with annexation from surrounding regions in 1775 and 1809. In 1842, part of new" target="_blank">New Paltz was removed to form the Town of Esopus. More of new" target="_blank">New Paltz was removed in order to form the towns of Rosendale (1844), Lloyd (1845), and Gardiner (1853).




Geography


The Wallkill River flows northward through new" target="_blank">New Paltz on its way to join the Rondout Creek, which in turn feeds into the Hudson River. A portion of the Shawangunk Ridge is in the town.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 34.31 square miles (88.9 km2), of which 33.88 square miles (87.7 km2) is land and 0.43 square miles (1.1 km2) (1.25%) is water.




Transportation


new" target="_blank">New Paltz is accessible by a number of different roads. Interstate 87 (the new" target="_blank">New York State Thruway) is the main thoroughfare and passes through in the eastern part and houses Exit 18 for Route 299. State routes that traverse through are Route 32, Route 208, and Route 299.
The nearest train station is about 11 miles (18 km) away, in Poughkeepsie. Both Amtrak and Metro-North trains serve Poughkeepsie. Adirondack Trailways also provides bus transportation from new" target="_blank">New Paltz into various locations across multiple states.
The western terminus of the Hudson Valley Rail Trail is located here. The hiking/biking path eventually crosses the Walkway Over The Hudson and becomes the Dutchess Rail Trail that ends in Hopewell Junction.




Education


new" target="_blank">New Paltz has four public schools (K-12) and is home to a college in the SUNY system:

Duzine Elementary School (K-2)
Lenape Elementary School (3-5)
new" target="_blank">New Paltz Middle School (6-8)
new" target="_blank">New Paltz High School (9-12)
State University of new" target="_blank">New York at new" target="_blank">New Paltz
The town is also home to several private schools, including Mountain Laurel Waldorf School pre-K through grade 8), Montessori of new" target="_blank">New Paltz (pre-K through grade 3), and Huguenot Street Cooperative Nursery School (pre-K).




Government


The town is governed by a town council, composed of four at-large members and a supervisor. There is also a village of new" target="_blank">New Paltz within the town, governed by a mayor and a board of trustees. It also had the first Green Party majority council in the nation, led by mayor Jason West.




Demographics






= 2010 census

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As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,003. The racial makeup of the town was 84.72% White, 5.35% Black or African American, 0.31% Native American, 4.36% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.46% from other races, and 2.76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.81% of the population.




= 2020 census

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As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,407. The racial makeup of the town was 74.01% White, 5.72% Black or African American, 0.26% Native American, 5.46% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 5.11% from other races, and 8.67% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.74% of the population.




Historic places


Minnewaska State Park
Elting Memorial Library
Huguenot Street Historic District
Mohonk Mountain House




Notable people


Abe Attell, boxing champion
Terry Austin, comic book artist
Benjamin F. Church, pioneer
Charles Davis, NFL player and television commentator
Peter Dinklage, actor. Not from new" target="_blank">New Paltz*
Lewis DuBois, military commander in the Continental Army
Louis DuBois, Huguenot colonist
Sandy Duncan, Broadway and television actor
Ronald Enroth (born 1938), Professor of Sociology at Westmont College.
Vladimir Feltsman, piano teacher
Mary Gordon, novelist
Hasbrouck family, one of the founding families of new" target="_blank">New Paltz
Owen King, author
Jay Le Fevre, former US Congress member
Dana Lyons, musician
Floyd Patterson, heavyweight boxing champion
Sydney Schanberg, former journalist at the new" target="_blank">New York Times and professor at State University of new" target="_blank">New York at new" target="_blank">New Paltz
Keith Schiller, law enforcement officer and security expert
John Turturro, Hollywood actor
Andrew Yang, founder of Venture for America and 2020 candidate for U.S. president
Shawn Levy, Film Director.




Sister city


Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan




See also






References






External links



Town of new" target="_blank">New Paltz, N.Y.
Village of new" target="_blank">New Paltz, N.Y.

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