Kent, New York
| Kent, New York | |
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| Town | |
 Location of Kent, New York |
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| Coordinates: 41°28′N 73°41′W / 41.467°N 73.683°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Putnam |
| Government | |
| • Supervisor | Maureen Fleming |
| Area | |
| • Total | 43.2 sq mi (111.8 km2) |
| • Land | 40.6 sq mi (105.2 km2) |
| • Water | 2.5 sq mi (6.6 km2) |
| Elevation | 610 ft (186 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 13,507 |
| • Density | 310/sq mi (120/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 36-39331 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979740 |
| Website | www.townofkentny.com |
Kent is a town in Putnam County, New York, United States. The population was 13,507 at the 2010 census. The name is that of an early settler family. The town is in the north-central part of the Putnam County. Many of the lakes are reservoirs for New York City.
Kent was part of the Philipse Patent of 1697, when it was still populated by the Wappinger tribe. Daniel Nimham (1724–1778) was the last chief of the Wappingers and was the most prominent Native American of his time in the Hudson Valley.
The town was first settled by Europeans in the mid-18th century by Zachariah Merritt and others, from New England, Westchester County, or the Fishkill area. Elisha Cole and his wife Hannah Smalley built Coles Mills in 1748, having moved to that location the previous year from Cape Cod. Coles Mill operated until 1888 when it was submerged under West Branch Reservoir. Around this same time the northeastern part of the county was settled by the Kent, Townsend, and Ludington families, among others. The father of Hannah Smalley and his family moved to Kent about two years before Elisha Cole and his family.
Kent was a part of the Frederickstown Precinct which was chartered in 1772, the rest of Frederickstown consisting of the future town of Carmel and the western parts of the future towns of Patterson and Southeast. Other early family names were Townsend, Smalley, Kent, Dykeman, Barrett, Cole, Boyd, Wixon, Farrington, Burton, Carter, and Ludington.
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