Washingtonville, NY

Washingtonville, New York
Village
Downtown Washingtonville
Location in Orange County and the state of New York.
Washingtonville, New York Location within the state of New York
Coordinates: 41°26′N 74°10′W / 41.433°N 74.167°W / 41.433; -74.167Coordinates: 41°26′N 74°10′W / 41.433°N 74.167°W / 41.433; -74.167
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Orange
Town	Blooming Grove
Area
• Total	2.5 sq mi (6.6 km2)
• Land	2.5 sq mi (6.6 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation	305 ft (93 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	5,899
• Estimate (2016)	5,773
• Density	2,400/sq mi (890/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	10992
Area code(s)	845
FIPS code	36-78465
GNIS feature ID	0968876

Washingtonville is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 5,899 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. The village is named in honor of George Washington.

The Village of Washingtonville is within the Town of Blooming Grove.

Washingtonville was first settled in 1731. The village maintained a slow but steady growth during the second half of the 18th century. In 1809, John Jaques, a boot and shoemaker, set up his shop in this tiny settlement of nine houses, then known as "Little York." Jaques would later establish Brotherhood Winery, the oldest continuously operating winery in the United States, in 1839.

In its earlier years, Washingtonville was called "Matthews Field," even before it became known as Little York. A part of the Rip Van Dam patent, it was sold to Vincent Matthews in 1721. Matthews was the second settler of the region, although the first white settler. Its earliest known inhabitant was an Indian by the name of Moringamus, whose wigwam or tepee was once pitched in back of where the Coleman bottled-gas plant is located now.