General Information
- Established: 1683
- Population: 280,150 (2000 census)
- County Seat: Poughkeepsie
- Tourism Region: Hudson Valley
- Information: Dutchess County website
- Bordering Counties: Columbia, Orange, Putnam, Ulster,
Litchfield Conn.
- Area code: 845 (except Millerton and Pine Plains which are in 518)
- Origin of Name: The name comes from the Duchess of York (despite the spelling
difference), wife of the duke who would become James II of England.
- Incorporated Cities: Beacon, Poughkeepsie
- Villages: Fishkill, Millerton, Pawling, Red Hook, Rhinebeck,
Tivoli, Wappingers Falls
- Towns: Amenia, Beekman, Clinton, Dover, East Fishkill, Fishkill,
Hyde Park, La Grange, Milan, North East, Pawling, Pine Plains,
Pleasant Valley, Poughkeepsie, Red Hook, Rhinebeck, Stanford,
Union Vale, Wappinger, Washington
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