Wallkill, Orange County, New York

Wallkill
Town
Location in Orange County and the state of New York.
Wallkill Location in Orange County and the state of New York.
Coordinates: 41°28′N 74°22′W / 41.467°N 74.367°W / 41.467; -74.367Coordinates: 41°28′N 74°22′W / 41.467°N 74.367°W / 41.467; -74.367
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Orange County
Area
• Total	62.8 sq mi (163 km²)
• Land	62.2 sq mi (161 km²)
• Water	0.6 sq mi (2 km²) 0.92%
Population (2010)
• Total	27,426
• Density	440/sq mi (170/km²)

Wallkill is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 27,426 at the 2010 census.

The Town of Wallkill is centrally located in the county. Interstate 84 crosses New York State Route 17 in the southern part of the town. U.S. Route 6 and New York State Routes 17K, 211 and 302 also cross portions of the town.

History

The original land patent for the town was dated 1724, but little was done for decades to develop and settle the region. The town was established in 1772, but part of the town was lost upon the formation of Ulster County, New York. Wallkill's claim to fame during the American Revolution was the production of gunpowder in factories in Phillipsburgh and Craigville for American troops by Henry Wisner and his son-in-law Moses Phillips.^[1]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 62.8 square miles (163 km²) of which 62.2 square miles (161 km²) is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²) (0.92%) is water.

Wallkill is bordered by the towns of Hamptonburgh and Montgomery on the east, Crawford on the north, Mamakating and Mount Hope on the west, and Wawayanda and Goshen on the south. The town almost completely surrounds the city of Middletown.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1790	2,571		—
1820	4,887		—
1830	4,056		−17.0%
1840	4,268		5.2%
1850	4,942		15.8%
1860	6,603		33.6%
1870	9,477		43.5%
1880	11,486		21.2%
1890	2,755		−76.0%
1900	2,725		−1.1%
1910	2,578		−5.4%
1920	2,598		0.8%
1930	3,835		47.6%
1940	4,753		23.9%
1950	5,947		25.1%
1960	8,176		37.5%
1970	11,518		40.9%
1980	20,481		77.8%
1990	23,016		12.4%
2000	24,659		7.1%
2010	27,426		11.2%
Est. 2014	28,176	^[2]	2.7%
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 27,426. The ethnic makeup of the population was 57.8% white (non-Hispanic), 22.5% Hispanic, 16.0% African-American, 3.2% Asian, and 0.5% Native American.

As of the census^[4] of 2000, there were 24,659 people, 8,866 households, and 6,330 families residing in the town. The population density was 396.6 people per square mile (153.1/km²). There were 9,283 housing units at an average density of 149.3 per square mile (57.7/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 80.70% White, 9.34% African American, 0.30% Native American, 2.39% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 4.31% from other races, and 2.90% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.40% of the population.

36.5% of the households had children under the age of 18 living with them; 54.6% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families. 22.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.22.

In the town, the population was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $51,625, and the median income for a family was $57,088. Males had a median income of $40,145 versus $29,788 for females. The per capita income for the town was $21,654. About 7.7% of families and 8.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.6% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over.

Government

The current supervisor of the Town of Wallkill is Dan Depew, the four councilman are Mark Coyne, Eric Valentin, Neal Meyer, and Eric Johnson

Police department

The Town of Wallkill Police Department is a full-time police force led by Chief Robert Hertman.

From 2001 to 2006 the Department was subject to oversight by a Federal Court appointed monitor, the result of a consent decree in a suit brought against the Town by the New York Attorney General's office. The suit was prompted by multiple complaints of harassment of young women and other abuses of police authority.^[5]

The Department consists of six sergeants, 4 detectives, and 19 patrol officers.

Fire departments

Wallkill is divided into six fire districts: the Circleville, Howells, Mechanicstown, Silver Lake, Pocatello, and Washington Heights Fire Districts and Bloomingburgh

Economy

Retail

Route 211 looking towards Wallkill from Middletown

The town was the site of the first Lloyd's Supercenter. It is home to many retail stores, shopping centers and restaurants, many of which are located along Route 211, in a suburban pattern related to highway development. Both the Galleria at Crystal Run and a Super Wal-Mart are located in the town. (The latter replaced Orange Plaza, the first mall constructed in the area.)

Orange County Fair

The Town of Wallkill is home to the Orange County Fair each summer.

Recreation and leisure

Town of Wallkill Golf Club

The town owns the Town of Wallkill Golf Club. This 18–hole course opened in 1991 and was designed by landscape architect Steve Esposito.

Woodstock Festival

Woodstock Ventures, a group established to produce the Woodstock Festival in 1969, initially leased a tract of land in an industrial park in Wallkill. Town officials, deeply concerned about the size of crowds expected for the event and the logistics involved in hosting it, disallowed the festival the site through the Zoning Board of Appeals. Ultimately the Woodstock festival was held instead in Bethel NY, 40 miles northwest of Wallkill.^[6]^[7]

Communities and locations in the Town of Wallkill

U.S. Census Map

Baileyville – A hamlet near Howells, located on NY-211 near the western town line
Crystal Run – A hamlet south of Michigan Corners, near Interstate 84 at County Road 83
Circleville – A hamlet in the northern part of town on NY-302
East Middletown – A village in the southeastern part of town
Fair Oaks – A hamlet in the northern part of town on NY-17
Higland Lake – A small lake near the western town line
Highland Lakes State Park – An undeveloped state park in the northern part of the town
Howells – A hamlet in the northwestern part of town, north of Baileyville
Maple Glen – A hamlet near the western town line
Mechanicstown – A hamlet in the southeastern part of town
Michigan Corners – A hamlet near Scotchtown in the eastern part of town on NY-211
Milburn – A hamlet by Highland Lakes State Park
Phillipsburg – A hamlet in the southeastern part of the town, on the Wallkill River and NY-17
Pilgrim Corners – A hamlet bordering the west side of Middletown on NY-211
Rockville – A hamlet in the northern part of town
Scotchtown – A hamlet in the eastern part of town on Route 101
Silver Lake – A small lake east of Middletown
Stony Ford – A location near the eastern town line at the Wallkill River on County Road 53
Van Burenville – A village in the northwestern part of town near Mount Hope
Washington Heights – A hamlet in the northwestern part of town

References

↑ Town of Wallkill by Dorothy Hunt-Ingrassia (Arcadia Publisging, 2006)
↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". Retrieved June 4, 2015.
↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ Town of Wallkill Police Department Monitoring
↑ Tiber, Elliot (1994). "How Woodstock Happened... Part 1". Times Herald-Record (Reprint from "Woodstock Commemorative Edition"). Archived from the original on January 27, 2010.
↑ Tiber, Elliot (1994). "How Woodstock Happened... Part 3". Times Herald-Record (Reprint from "Woodstock Commemorative Edition"). Archived from the original on January 29, 2010.

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Town of Wallkill

Municipalities and communities of Orange County, New York, United States
County seat: Goshen
Cities	Middletown Newburgh Port Jervis
Towns	Blooming Grove Chester Cornwall Crawford Deerpark Goshen Greenville Hamptonburgh Highlands Minisink Monroe Montgomery Mount Hope New Windsor Newburgh Tuxedo Wallkill Warwick Wawayanda Woodbury
Villages	Chester Cornwall-on-Hudson Florida Goshen Greenwood Lake Harriman Highland Falls Kiryas Joel Maybrook Monroe Montgomery Otisville South Blooming Grove Tuxedo Park Unionville Walden Warwick Washingtonville Woodbury
CDPs	Balmville Beaver Dam Lake Central Valley Firthcliffe Fort Montgomery Gardnertown Highland Mills Mechanicstown Mountain Lodge Park New Windsor Orange Lake Pine Bush Salisbury Mills Scotchtown Vails Gate Walton Park Washington Heights West Point
Other hamlets	Amity Arden Bellvale Bullville Carpenter's Point Circleville Howells Little Britain Michigan Corners Mountainville New Hampton Pine Island Ridgebury Slate Hill Sugar Loaf Thompson Ridge Westbrookville

Hudson River watershed
Tributaries	Batten Kill Black Meadow Creek Bowery Creek Breakneck Brook Canajoharie Creek Caroga Creek Casperkill Catskill Creek Cayadutta Creek Cedar River Claverack Creek Clove Brook Cobleskill Creek Coeymans Creek Coxsackie Creek Cross River Croton River East Branch Croton River East Branch Sacandaga River East Canada Creek Eightmile Creek Esopus Creek Fall Kill Fishkill Creek Fonteyn Kill Fulmer Creek Hannacrois Creek Honnedaga Brook Hoosic River Jackson Creek Jan De Bakkers Kill Kaaterskill Creek Kayaderosseras Kinderhook Creek Kisco River Lake Creek Little Shawangunk Kill Maritje Kill Miami River Mill Creek Mohawk River Moodna Creek Moordener Kill Moyer Creek Muddy Kill Neepaulakating Creek Normans Kill Nowadaga Creek Onesquethaw Creek Oriskany Creek Otsquago Creek Otter Kill Papakating Creek Peekskill Hollow Creek Pocantico River Pochuck Creek Poesten Kill Potic Creek Quassaick Creek Roeliff Jansen Kill Rondout Creek Sacandaga River Sauquoit Creek Saw Kill Saw Mill River Sawyer Kill Schoharie Creek Schroon River Shawangunk Kill Sparkill Creek Sprout Creek Steele Creek Stockport Creek Stony Clove Creek Taghkanic Creek Tenmile Creek Tin Brook Titicus River Verkeerder Kill Vloman Kill Wallkill River Walloomsac River Wappinger Creek Wawayanda Creek West Branch Papakating Creek West Branch Sacandaga River West Canada Creek Wynants Kill
Lakes	Alcove Reservoir Ashokan Reservoir Basic Creek Reservoir Beacon Reservoir Bog Brook Reservoir Cedar Lake Chadwick Lake Chub Lake Cross River Reservoir Croton Falls Reservoir Dyken Pond East Branch Reservoir East Caroga Lake Fall Lake Franklinton Vlaie Garnet Lake Glenmere Lake Great Sacandaga Lake Great Vlaie Henderson Lake Honnedaga Lake Indian Lake Lizard Pond Lake Maratanza Muscoot Reservoir Lake Neepaulin New Croton Reservoir Notch Lake Piseco Lake Lake Pleasant Queechy Lake Rondout Reservoir Sacandaga Lake Saratoga Lake Sturgeon Pool Surprise Lake Sylvan Lake Lake Tear of the Clouds Thompson Pond Titicus Reservoir Trout Lake West Caroga Lake Whaley Lake Winnisook Lake
Towns	Albany Alpine Amsterdam Bayonne Beacon Bedford Beekman Bennington Bethlehem Blooming Grove Carmel Catskill Cliffside Park Clifton Park Cohoes Colonie Cortlandt East Fishkill East Greenbush Edgewater Englewood Cliffs Fishkill Fort Lee Glenville Gloversville Greenburgh Guilderland Halfmoon Herkimer Hoboken Hyde Park Jersey City Kingston Kirkland LaGrange Lloyd Malta Middletown Milton Monroe Montgomery Moreau Mount Pleasant New Castle New Hartford New Paltz New Windsor New York City Newburgh Niskayuna North Adams North Bergen Ossining Peekskill Plattekill Poughkeepsie Queensbury Rome Rotterdam Saugerties Schenectady Shawangunk Somers Southeast Sparta Tenafly Troy Utica Vernon Wallkill Wappinger Warwick Weehawken West New York Whitestown Wilton Yonkers Yorktown
Landmarks	Adirondack Mountains Adirondack Park Ashokan Bridge Blenheim Bridge Buskirk Bridge Catskill Mountains Champlain Canal Cohoes Falls Copeland Bridge Delaware and Hudson Canal Eagleville Bridge East River Erie Canal George Washington Bridge Harlem River Helderberg Escarpment Hudson Highlands State Park Kaaterskill Clove Kaaterskill Falls Kill Van Kull Kingston–Rhinecliff Bridge Mid-Hudson Bridge Newburgh–Beacon Bridge The Palisades Perrine's Bridge Plotter Kill Preserve Pollepel Island Popolopen Rexleigh Bridge Rip Van Winkle Bridge Salisbury Center Bridge Schoharie Bridge Shushan Bridge Sleepy Hollow Statue of Liberty Taconic Mountains Tappan Zee Bridge Verkeerderkill Falls Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Walkway over the Hudson Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge West Canada Lake Wilderness Area West Point

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