Rondout, New York

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Rondout was a village located on the north side of Rondout Creek near its mouth on the Hudson River in Ulster County. The name Rondout was taken from the Rondout Creek. The creek dervied its name from a fort constructed by the Dutch in the 1600s on the north side of the creek. Rondout is a corruption of a Dutch word meaning fort.

Incorporated on April 4, 1849, Rondout served as a Hudson River port for the city of Kingston located about a mile distant. In 1828 it became the eastern terminus of the Delaware and Hudson Canal. From that time, it grew rapidly, until in 1872 it was merged with and became a part of the city of Kingston.

Prior to its incorportation, Rondout was known variously as "The Strand", "Kingston Landing" and "Bolton". "The Strand" is a dutch derived reference to the beach once located on the north shore of the Rondout Creek. Its usage persists to the present (2006). "Kingston Landing" speaks for itself. "Bolton" was used to honor a president of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company.