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Fishkill

Town in Dutchess County, southeast New York; population (1990) 17,700. It is located 40 km/25 mi south of Poughkeepsie, on Fishkill Creek and the east bank of the Hudson River. During the late 1980s and early 1990s Fishkill experienced extensive residential expansion, as communities were developed for commuters to New York City, 105 km/65 mi to the south. A state prison is in the town.

Fishkill was first settled by the Dutch in the early 17th century. Fishkill village has many historic buildings, among them the First Reformed (Dutch) Church and the Van Wyck Homestead (1732); village population (1990) 2,000.



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are seeking protection for a 12-acre parcel near a shopping mall in Fishkill that was a graveyard during the American Revolution.
Although he can't pinpoint Francois Martin-Pelland's grave, historical evidence has led Spaeth to the nearby grove believed to be the final resting place of hundreds of other Revolutionary War soldiers posted here when Fishkill was the main supply source for Gen.
is a village within the Town of Fishkill in Dutchess County, New York, USA.
 
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