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Facts of Interest
- Population: 280,150
- Year Organized: 1683
- Area: 802 Square Miles
- County Seat: Poughkeepsie
- Main Industry: Health Care and Social Services
- County Legislators: 25
- Colleges and Universities: 6
- State Parks: 3
- Communities: 43
- 386 Uniformed Police Officers
- School Districts: 14
- Named in honor of the Duchess of York,
wife of James II.
- Final resting place of Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
thirty-second United States President.
- Home of the Warton House, made famous in
Cooper’s novel, “The Spy”.
- Home of Poughkeepsie, capital of New York State, from 1778-1783.