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It is 91 miles (146 km) north of New York City and 59 miles (95 km) south of Albany. The city's metropolitan area is grouped with the New York metropolitan area around Manhattan by the United States Census Bureau. [2] The population was 24,069 at the 2020 United States Census. [3] Kingston became New York's first capital in 1777.
The Kingston Stockade District is an eight-block area in the western section of Kingston, New York, United States, commonly referred to as Uptown Kingston. It is the original site of the mid-17th century Dutch settlement of Wiltwyck, which was later renamed Kingston when it passed to English control .
Bluestone quarrying in the area increased in 1828 when the Delaware and Hudson Canal was being built. [5] Bluestone was used to pave sidewalks in New York City, Albany, and Kingston and was shipped all over the world. Entrepreneurs bought up the rocky ground and brought unskilled immigrants, mostly Irish, upriver from Manhattan.
Ulster County is a county in the U.S. state of New York.It is situated along the Hudson River.As of the 2020 census, the population was 181,851. [1] The county seat is Kingston. [2]
Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-0105-0. Mylod, John (1969). Biography of a River: The People and Legends of the Hudson Valley. New York: Hawthorn Books. OCLC 33563. Scheltema, Gajus and Westerhuijs, Heleen (eds.),Exploring Historic Dutch New York. New York: Museum of the City of New York/Dover Publications, 2011.
The Rondout–West Strand Historic District is located on the shore of Rondout Creek along the southern boundary of the city of Kingston, New York, United States.Formerly Rondout, New York, it is bounded by the creek, Broadway, Hone, Ravine and McEntee streets, an area of 570 acres (2.3 km 2) containing 259 buildings, most dating to the 19th century.
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On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated seven combined statistical areas, 13 metropolitan statistical areas and 14 micropolitan statistical areas in New York. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA , which includes New York City and its surrounding suburbs; with over 21 million people, it is the largest ...