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Hudson Valley

Wappinger, New York

Wappinger is a town in Dutchess County, in New York's Hudson Valley region, home to about 28,000 people as of the 2020 census.

Historic estates, farm-to-table towns, and Hudson River art and mountains. Wappinger sits in that part of the state.

Type
Town
County
Dutchess
Region
Hudson Valley
Population (2020)
28,216
Local notes Tax snapshot Statewide links Nearby places

Local Almanac

Notes in and around Wappinger

Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.

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This place · History & Culture

Wappinger Follows the Creek

Wappinger's Hudson Valley identity runs through Wappinger Creek, Mesier Homestead memory, hamlets, and river-facing town texture.

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This place · The Outdoors

Bowdoin Park puts Dutchess County on a Hudson River overlook

Bowdoin Park gives Wappinger a county-park identity built from Hudson River views, trails, wetland observation, and public facilities.

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Dutchess County · Home & Property

Dutchess County Roads Can Trigger a Driveway Permit

If a Dutchess driveway, fence, or roadside project touches county right-of-way, check the county highway work permit before work starts.

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Dutchess County · History & Culture

Red Hook's River Estates Still Shape the View

Red Hook's river edge includes Montgomery Place, where estate landscape, orchards, campus life, and Catskill views make the town feel distinct.

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Dutchess County · History & Culture

Pleasant Valley's Hamlet Story Runs on Wappingers Creek

Pleasant Valley's local texture reaches from the old Charlotte hamlet name to churches, mills, roads, and Wappingers Creek water power.

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Dutchess County · History & Culture

Rhinebeck Keeps Early Flight Loud and Close

Rhinebeck's local identity has an unusual aviation layer: Pioneer-era machines, World War I aircraft, barnstorming, and museum culture in farm-country surroundings.

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Dutchess County · History & Culture

Fishkill's Supply Depot Sits by Today's Crossroads

Fishkill's Revolutionary War layer centers on the Supply Depot, Van Wyck Homestead, and the route between the Hudson Highlands and interior roads.

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Dutchess County · History & Culture

Hyde Park Layers the Hudson With Estates and Food

Hyde Park's town landscape holds FDR, Vanderbilt, and culinary education along a compact Hudson River history corridor.

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Dutchess County · The Outdoors

Union Vale's Tymor Park makes the town feel civic and rural

Union Vale is grounded by Tymor Park, a town recreation landscape that gives the rural Dutchess town a public center.

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Property tax snapshot

Roughly $19–$23 per $1,000

Combined full-value rate — county + town/city + school district, per $1,000 of market value (FY2025). On a $300,000 home that's about $5,781–$6,920 a year before the STAR break.

A planning estimate, not a bill. Your exact rate depends on your school district and any village. Confirm with the assessor.

Nearby

Nearby places

Myers Corner

Hamlet (CDP) · Dutchess County · 10,598

Wappingers Falls

Village · Dutchess County · 6,103

New Hamburg

Hamlet (CDP) · Dutchess County · 842

New Hackensack

Hamlet (CDP) · Dutchess County · 1,497

Brinckerhoff

Hamlet (CDP) · Dutchess County · 3,377

Merritt Park

Hamlet (CDP) · Dutchess County · 1,647

Tax rates: NYS Dept of Taxation & Finance (ORPTS), Real Property Tax Rates and Levy Data by Municipality, data.ny.gov dataset iq85-sdzs. (FY2025). Population: U.S. Census 2020. Reviewed June 2026. Source data ->

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