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Beacon

City in southeastern New York State, 97 km/60 mi north of New York City, at the foot of Mount Beacon, on the east bank of the Hudson River; population (1990) 13,200. Industries include clothing, fans, rubber products, and aluminium. Mount Beacon is a resort area. The Fishkill Correctional Facility is to the northeast.

Beacon was created in 1913 from the union of Matteawan and Fishkill Landing, two 17th-century villages at the junction of Fishkill Creek and the Hudson.



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