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An 1875 map of the town of New Paltz; the village was created in the central portion. 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.
The Wallkill River flows northward through New Paltz on its way to join the Rondout Creek, which in turn feeds into the Hudson River. A portion of the Shawangunk Ridge is in the town. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 34.31 square miles (88.9 km 2 ), of which 33.88 square miles (87.7 km 2 ) is land and ...
Historic Huguenot Street is located in New Paltz, New York, approximately 90 miles (140 km) north of New York City.The seven stone houses and several accompanying structures in the 10-acre National Landmark Historic District were likely built in the early 18th century by Huguenot settlers fleeing discrimination and religious persecution in France and what's now southern Belgium.
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New Paltz Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at New Paltz in Ulster County, New York.The district includes 147 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and eight contributing structures.
New York State Route 299 (NY 299) is a short but important state route entirely within Ulster County, New York, in the United States.Centered on its interchange with the New York State Thruway outside New Paltz, it provides access from that road to the popular recreational attractions of the Shawangunk Ridge to the west and Poughkeepsie to the east.
U.S. Route 9W (US 9W) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway in the states of New Jersey and New York.It begins in Fort Lee, New Jersey, as Fletcher Avenue crosses the US 1/9, US 46, and Interstate 95 (I-95) approaches to the George Washington Bridge, and heads north up the west side of the Hudson River to US 9 in Albany, New York.
Du Bois stone "fort house" on Huguenot Street in New Paltz, New York, now serves as a visitor center and museum. Louis Du Bois (21 October 1626 – 1696) was a Huguenot colonist in New Netherland who, with two of his sons and nine other refugees, founded the town of New Paltz, New York.