Port Jervis
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| Motto: Gateway to the Upper Delaware River | |
 Location in Orange County and the state of New York. |
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| Coordinates: 41°22′32″N 74°41′20″W / 41.37556°N 74.68889°WCoordinates: 41°22′32″N 74°41′20″W / 41.37556°N 74.68889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Orange |
| Settled | 1690 |
| Village | 1853 |
| City | July 26, 1907 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-council |
| • Mayor | Kelly Decker (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.7 sq mi (7 km2) |
| • Land | 2.5 sq mi (6.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.6 sq mi (0.5 km2) 6.64% |
| Elevation | 400 ft (122 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 8,828 |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal code | 12771 |
| Area code(s) | 845 Exchanges: 672,856,858 |
| FIPS code | 36-59388 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0960971 |
| Website | City of Port Jervis Website |
Port Jervis is a city located at the confluence of the Neversink and the Delaware rivers in western Orange County, New York, north of the Delaware Water Gap. Its population was 8,828 at the 2010 census. The communities of Deerpark, Huguenot, Sparrowbush, and Greenville are adjacent to Port Jervis. Matamoras, Pennsylvania is across the river and connected by bridge. The towns of Montague, New Jersey borders here.
It was part of early industrial history, a point for shipping coal to major markets to the southeast by canal and later by railroads. Its residents had long-distance passenger service by railroad until 1970. The restructuring of railroads resulted in a decline in the city's business and economy.
In the 21st century, from late spring to early fall, many thousands of travelers and tourists pass through Port Jervis on their way to enjoying rafting, kayaking, canoeing and other activities in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River and the surrounding area.
Port Jervis is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown metropolitan area as well as the larger New York metropolitan area. In August 2008, Port Jervis was named one of "Ten Coolest Small Towns" by Budget Travel magazine.
The first fully developed European settlement in the area was established by Dutch and English colonists c.1690, and a land grant of 1,200 acres (490 ha) was formalized on October 14, 1697. The settlement was originally known as Mahackamack, after a Lenape word. It was raided and burned in 1779 during the American Revolutionary War, by British and Mohawk forces under the command of Mohawk leader Joseph Brant before the Battle of Minisink. Over the next two decades, residents rebuilt the settlement. They developed more roadways to better connect Mahackamack with the eastern parts of Orange County.
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