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Washington is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 4,522 at the 2020 census. [3] The town is named after George Washington, who passed through the town during the Revolution. Washington is in the central part of the county, northeast of the city of Poughkeepsie. U.S. Route 44 passes across the town.
Prior to 1996, Washington County was a Republican stronghold, with the only time between 1884 and 1992 that a Republican presidential candidate failed to win the county being 1964 when Barry Goldwater lost every county in New York in his statewide and national landslide loss.
Washington's volunteer boards and commissions are supplemented by a small paid staff, which includes the full-time elected positions of First Selectman, Town Clerk, [35] Tax Collector, [36] and Judge of Probate. The town also has a paid land-use coordinator, zoning enforcement officer, inland wetlands enforcement officer, assessor, building ...
Dresden Station – A hamlet on Route 22 and the Delaware and Hudson Railway in the northwestern part of town, along Lake Champlain. [2] Huletts Landing – A hamlet on County Road 6, along Lake George in the western part of the town. [2] A post office on Washington County Route 6 in the hamlet of Huletts Landing, May 3, 2022.
Fort Edward is a town and the county seat of Washington County, New York, United States. The population was 5,991 at the 2020 census. The population was 5,991 at the 2020 census. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The municipal center complex is on U.S. Route 4 between the villages of Hudson Falls and Fort Edward .
Hebron is a town in Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. [4] The town population was 1,773 at the 2000 census. [2] The town is named after the ancient city of Hebron, in the present-day West Bank.
This system is still maintained in 17 counties in New York, the other counties (outside New York City) adopted a system of county legislatures with members elected in districts according to the number of inhabitants, independent of town boundaries.
This is a list of municipalities in New York other than towns, which includes all 531 villages and 62 cities of New York. Of the total 593 municipalities, 588 are non-town municipalities, while five are coterminous town-villages , villages that are coterminous with their town.