| Amenia |
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Part of Great Nine Partners Patent and the Oblong tract |
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1711 Settled |
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1719 Included in North Ward and Middle Ward |
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1737 Part of new Crum Elbow Precinct |
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1762 Formed as a precinct from Crum Elbow |
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1788 Recognized as a town by the State of New York |
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1823 Ceded northern part of town to Town of North East |
| Beacon (city) |
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1913 Incorporated as a city from Fishkill Landing and Matteawan in Town of Fishkill |
| Beekman |
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Part of Beekman Patent |
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1710 Settled |
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1719 Included in Middle Ward and South Ward |
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1737 Patent renamed Beekman precinct |
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1743 Precinct extended east across the Oblong tract |
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1768 Daughter precinct Pawling formed |
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1788 Recognized as a town by the State of New York |
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1821 Town of Freedom (now LaGrange) formed from towns of Beekman and Fishkill |
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1827 Town of Union Vale formed from towns of Beekman and LaGrange |
| Carmel |
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In Dutchess County 1795–1812 |
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Charlotte (precinct) |
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Part of Great Nine Partners Patent |
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1719 Included in North Ward and Middle Ward |
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1761/2 Formed as Charlotte precinct from Crum Elbow precinct |
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1786 Divided into Clinton and Washington precincts |
| Clinton |
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Part of Great Nine Partners Patent and several smaller patents |
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1719 Included in North Ward and Middle Ward |
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1737 Part of Crum Elbow |
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1762 Part of Charlotte precinct, which was formed from Crum Elbow and Rhinebeck precincts |
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1786 Formed as Clinton precinct from Charlotte and Rhinebeck precincts |
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1788 Recognized as a town by the State of New York |
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1821 Daughter towns Hyde Park and Pleasant Valley formed |
| Crum Elbow (precinct) |
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Part of Great Nine Partners Patent |
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1719 Included in North Ward and Middle Ward |
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1737 Great Nine Partners Patent renamed Crum Elbow precinct |
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1762 Divided into Charlotte and Amenia precincts |
| Dover |
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Part of Beekman Patent and Oblong tract |
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c. 1721 Settled |
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1807 Formed from Town of Pawling |
| East Fishkill |
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Part of Rombout Patent |
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1730 Settled |
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1849 Formed from Town of Fishkill |
| Fishkill |
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Part of Rombout Patent |
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1682 Settled |
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1685 Rombout Patent granted |
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1719 Included in Middle Ward and South Ward |
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1737 Rombout Patent renamed Rombout precinct, later Fishkill precinct |
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1788 Recognized as a town by State of New York |
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1806 Annexed land from Town of Philipstown |
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1821 Town of Freedom (now LaGrange) formed from towns of Fishkill and Beekman |
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1849 Daughter town East Fishkill formed |
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1875 Daughter town Wappinger formed |
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1913 Fishkill Landing and Matteawan became the City of Beacon |
| Franklin |
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In Dutchess County 1795–1812 |
| Frederickstown |
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In Dutchess County 1772–1795, as Fredericksburgh precinct 1772–1788 |
| Frederick |
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In Dutchess County 1795–1812 |
| Freedom |
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Name for Town of LaGrange 1821–1828 |
| Hyde Park |
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Part of Great Nine Partners, Pawling, and Fauconnier/Hyde Park patents |
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1720 Settled by Dutch |
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1737 Part of Crum Elbow and Rhinebeck precincts |
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1762 Part of Charlotte and Rhinebeck precincts |
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1821 Formed from Town of Clinton |
| LaGrange |
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Part of Rombout and Beekman patents, later Fishkill and Beekman precincts |
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1800 Settled by Society of Friends |
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1821 Formed as Freedom from towns of Beekman and Fishkill |
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1827 Town of Union Vale formed mostly from Town of Beekman and partly from Town of Freedom (LaGrange) |
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1828 Name changed from Freedom to LaGrange |
| Livingston Manor |
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1686 Patent granted to Robert Livingston by Gov. Dongan |
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1717 Land annexed by Albany County from Dutchess County |
| Milan |
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Part of Little Nine Partners Patent |
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1760 Settled |
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1818 Formed from Town of North East |
| North East |
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Part of Great Nine Partners Patent, the Little Nine Partners Patent, and the Oblong tract |
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1719 Included in North Ward |
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1725–30 Settlers from Connecticut |
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1737 Little Nine Partners Patent renamed North precinct; Great Nine Partners Patent renamed Crum Elbow precinct |
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1743 Boundary extended east across the Oblong tract |
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1746 North precinct renamed Northeast precinct |
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1788 Recognized as a town by the State of New York |
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1818 Daughter town Milan formed |
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1823 Annexed northern part of Town of Amenia; daughter town Pine Plains formed |
| Oblong (tract) |
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1731 Opened to settlement |
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1743 Divided between Beekman, Crum Elbow, North, and South Precincts |
| Patterson |
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In Dutchess County 1795–1812, as Philips precinct 1772–1788 |
| Pawling |
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Part of Beekman Patent and the Oblong tract |
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1719 Included in Middle Ward and South Ward |
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1720–30 Settled by Quakers from Long Island and Westchester County at Quaker Hill |
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1768 Formed as a precinct from Beekman precinct |
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1788 Recognized as a town by the State of New York |
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1807 Daughter town Dover created |
| Philipstown |
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In Dutchess County 1772–1812, as Philips predinct 1772–1788 |
| Pine Plains |
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Part of Little Nine Partners Patent |
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1740 Settled by German Palatines |
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1823 Formed from Town of North East |
| Pleasant Valley |
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Part of Great Nine Partners Patent |
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1737–62 Settled by Presbyterians and Quakers |
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1821 Formed from Town of Clinton |
| Poughkeepsie (city) |
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1799 Formed as a village in the Town of Poughkeepsie |
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1854 Incorporated as a city |
| Poughkeepsie (town) |
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Part of Schuyler and Sanders & Harmanse patents |
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1660s Settled by Dutch |
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1717 Made county seat |
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1719 Included in Middle Ward ✻ |
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1737 Formed as Poughkeepsie precinct |
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1788 Precinct recognized as a town by the State of New York |
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1854 Daughter city Poughkeepsie formed from Village of Poughkeepsie |
| Red Hook |
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Part of Schuyler Patent |
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1713–27 Settlements by Dutch |
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1812 Formed from Town of Rhinebeck |
| Rhinebeck |
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Part of several small patents including Kipsburgh alias Rhinebeck |
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1713 Became known as Rhinebeck |
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1719 Included in North Ward ✻ |
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1737 Formed as Rhinebeck precinct |
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1786 Ceded southern portion to Clinton precinct |
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1788 Recognized as a town by the State of New York |
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1812 Daughter town Red Hook formed |
| Southeast |
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In Dutchess County 1772–1812 |
| South(ern) (precinct) |
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Formed 1737 in Dutchess County, in 1722 it was divided into Phillips, Fredericksburgh, and Southeast precincts |
| Stanford |
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Part of Great Nine Partners |
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1793 Formed from Town of Washington |
| Union Vale |
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Part of Beekman Patent |
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1827 Formed mostly from Town of Beekman and partly from Town of Freedom (now LaGrange) |
| Wappinger |
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Part of Rombout Patent |
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1875 Formed from Town of Fishkill |
| Washington |
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Part of Great Nine Partners Patent |
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1719 Included in North Ward and Middle Ward |
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1737 Part of new Crum Elbow precinct |
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1762 Part of new Charlotte precinct |
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1786 Formed as Washington precinct from Charlotte Precinct |
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1788 Precinct recognized as a town by the State of New York |
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1793 Daughter town Stanford formed |
