New Paltz (village), New York
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 Buildings on Main Street downtown
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| Name origin: From Palatine German pronunciation of Pfalz | ||
| Country | United States | |
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| State | New York | |
| Region | Hudson Valley | |
| County | Ulster | |
| Town | New Paltz | |
| Landmark | SUNY New Paltz, Huguenot Street | |
| River | Wallkill | |
| Coordinates | 41°45′N 74°5′W / 41.750°N 74.083°WCoordinates: 41°45′N 74°5′W / 41.750°N 74.083°W | |
| Highest point | S village line near SE corner | |
| - elevation | 360 ft (110 m) | |
| - coordinates | 41°44′19″N 74°4′46″W / 41.73861°N 74.07944°W | |
| Lowest point | Wallkill River at E village corner | |
| - elevation | 160 ft (49 m) | |
| - coordinates | 41°45′12″N 74°5′39″W / 41.75333°N 74.09417°W | |
| Area | 1.8 sq mi (5 km2) | |
| - land | 1.7 sq mi (4 km2) | |
| - water | 0.1 sq mi (0 km2) | |
| Population | 6,818 (2010) | |
| Founded | 1887 | |
| Government | Village Hall | |
| - elevation | 260 ft (79 m) | |
| - coordinates | 41°44′46″N 74°5′4″W / 41.74611°N 74.08444°W | |
| Mayor | Tim Rogers | |
| Timezone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) | |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | |
| Postal code | ZIP Code | |
| Area code | 845 | |
| Exchanges | 255, 256 | |
| FIPS code | 36-50551 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 0958443 | |
_highlighted.svg) Location in Ulster County and the state of New York.
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| Website: VoNP - The Village of New Paltz | ||
New Paltz is a village in Ulster County located in the U.S. state of New York. It is about 80 miles (130 km) north of New York City and 70 miles (110 km) south of Albany. The population was 6,818 at the 2010 census.
The Village of New Paltz is located within the Town of New Paltz. New Paltz is also home to the State University of New York New Paltz, founded in 1828.
The Elting Memorial Library, Guilford-Bower Farm House, Jean Hasbrouck House, Major Jacob Hasbrouck Jr. House, Huguenot Street Historic District, Lake Mohonk Mountain House Complex, New Paltz Downtown Historic District, and The Locusts are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
New Paltz was founded in 1678 by French Huguenots settlers, including Louis DuBois, who had taken refuge in Mannheim, Germany, for a brief period of time, being married there in 1655, before emigrating to the Dutch colony of New Netherland in 1660 with his family. Mannheim was a major town of the Palatinate (in German, the Pfalz), at the time a center of Protestantism. The settlers lived in Wiltwyck (present day Kingston, NY) and in 1677 purchased a patent for the land surrounding present day New Paltz from a Lenape tribe known as the Esopus.
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