Rosendale NY Real Estate includes the Town of Rosendale, the hamlets of Binnewater, Bloomington, Bruceville, Cottekill, Hickory Bush, High Falls, Lawrenceville, Maple Hill. It is a rural community with a population of a little over 6,000 people. Rosendale is surrounded by many lovely features like the Rondout Creek and Wallkill River, Joppenburgh Mountain, a portion of the Shawangunk Ridge, The Wallkill Valley Rail Trail & Trestle, The Binnewater Lakes and many charming neighborhoods and villages.
The town is known for being the home of Rosendale Cement which provided cement to many famous locations, including the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty.Rosendale is the center of Ulster County surrounded to the west by the Town of Marbletown, to the north by the Towns of Hurley and Ulster to the east by the Town of Esopus and to the east by the Town of New Paltz.
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According to the U. S. Census for 2000, the town has a total area of 20.8 square miles and a population of 6,352 people, 96% white. The median income for a household is $44,282 and the per capita income for the town is $21,303.
At the time of the European settlement, the region was inhabited by the Lenapes who were a member of the Algonquian peoples. The area which was eventually known as Rosendale is generally attributed to being founded by Jacob Rutsen in 1680 from 600 acres purchased from the Lenapes straddling the Rondout Creek. Initially the land was leased but Rutsen expanded his holdings and built a homestead which he resided in from 1700 to his death in 1730.
ROSENDALE was formed from Marbletown, New Paltz and Hurley, April 26, 1844. It is an interior town, lying east of the center of the County. The surface is a rolling and broken upland, the highest summits being from 200 to 500 feet above the valleys. Rondout Creek flows north-east through the town near the center, receiving Coxingkill from the south, and Cottlekill from the north. The Delaware and Hudson Canal extends along the Rondout Creek. The soil is chiefly a sandy loam. In the north-west part of the town are several small lakes, called the Binnewaters. Cement is extensively manufactured throughout the town. The Wallkill Valley R.R. extends through the whole length of the town. In the south-west part are three caves, in a ledge of rocks of the Shawangunk Mountains, where ice is found at all times of the year.
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Rosendale. (p.v.) situated on the creek and canal, near the center of the town, contains three churches, viz., Reformed, Baptist and Roman Catholic; two hotels, two stores, a school, two blacksmith shops, three wagon shoes, an undertaker, coal yard, a harness shop, a shoe shop, two milliners, a meat market, a cement kiln and about 550 inhabitants. The W.V. R.R. crosses the creek at this place on a bridge 900 feet long and 140 feet above the water.
The Rosendale region is most well known for the production of natural cement. The Rosendale natural cement industry began during of the construction the Delaware and Hudson Canal in 1825. Rosendale natural cement soon gained a reputation for quality among engineers and was used in the construction of many of our nation’s most important landmarks, including the Brooklyn Bridge, the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, Federal Hall, and one of the wings of the United States Capitol. The industry fell into decline in the early 1900s.
Several abandoned mines still exist in the Rosendale region. Mines have been put to a number of uses, including mushroom farming, movie locations and records storage. In 2004 limited cement mining resumed in Rosendale, and Rosendale natural cement is again being produced. Edison Coatings, Inc. in Plainville, Connecticut, is producing natural cement for use in historic restoration projects.