General Information
- Established: 1683
- Population: 177,749 (2000 census)
- County Seat: Kingston (also the first capital of New York State)
- Tourism Region: The Catskills
- Information: Ulster County website
- Bordering Counties: Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Sullivan
- Area code: 845
- Origin of Name: Named for the Irish province of Ulster, then an earldom
of the Duke of York (later James II)
- Incorporated Cities: Kingston
- Villages: Ellenville, New Paltz, Saugerties
- Towns: Denning, Esopus, Gardiner, Hardenburgh, Hurley, Kingston,
Lloyd, Marbletown, Marlborough, New Paltz, Olive, Plattekill,
Rochester, Rosendale, Saugerties, Shandaken, Shawangunk, Ulster,
Warwarsing, Woodstock
Attractions
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