Milan NY Real Estate includes Jackson Corners, Lafayetteville, Rock City, Wilcox State Park, the Taconic State Parkway, Routes 199, 308 and 82. The Town of Milan is in the northern part of Dutchess County with Columbia County to the north, the Town of Red Hook to the west, the Town of Pine Plains to the east and the Town of Clinton to the south. According to the U. S. Census for 2010, the town has a total area of 36.1 square miles and a population of 2,370 people. The median income for a household is $54,491 and the per capita income for the town is $19,002.
Milan NY History
Milan includes western part of the Little Nine Partners Patent of 1706. The area that comprises Milan today was the western part of the Little Nine Partners Patent of 1706. Milan was largely a farming and mill town and remains very rural town today. The first settler in the area was Johannes Rowe. The son of a Palatine immigrant, Rowe bought 911 acres (3.69 km2) from Robert Livingston, 3rd Lord of the Manor of Livingston, and built a stone house in 1766 on what is now Rowe Road near the Milan Town Hall. The remains of the house were photographed in 1940 for the Historic American Buildings Survey. The New York State Legislature voted on March 6, 1818 to create the town of Milan from the western part of the Town of North East. The main thoroughfares for the community ran from the Hudson River to Salisbury, CT, which was known as the Salisbury Turnpike.
In addition to farming and local mills, Milan was “in-between” the mining towns towards the east and the Hudson River and as a result had a great deal of important commercial. It was the opening of the Erie Canal (1825) and then the development of the railroad that led to its population growth, peaking in 1840 at 1,745 residents.
Milan NY Real Estate Today
The move to river cities and the western migration caused the population to decline until 1930 at 622 residents. Then following the 1930s and the Great Depression the population grew again, due in part to the construction of the Taconic Parkway which ended in Milan at the time, and then the post World War II boom. Today Milan is a rural town with a considerable number of part-time residents who maintain second homes. It has considerable recreational resources and has resisted large scale residential developments and mining.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation owns, manages and maintains two Multiple Use Areas in Milan. Both are east of the Taconic State Parkway. The Lafayetteville Multiple Use Area comprises 769 acres with an entrance on Route 199 between the Taconic State Parkway and New York State Route 82. The Roeliff Jansen Kill Multiple Use Area is 125 acres and is accessed from a pull-off on the east side of the Taconic State Parkway near the Roeliff Jansen Kill.
Dutchess County owns, manages and maintains the 615 acres (2.49 km2) Wilcox Memorial Park on Route 199, 3.4 miles east of Taconic State Parkway.
In 2002 the Durst Organization bought 2,300 acres that straddles the towns of Milan and Pine Plains with plans to create a second home and recreational community. The original proposal included almost 1,000 homes along with golf courses. Durst’s January 2010 revised plans would allow for 624 homes. That project has struggled with local opposition and a weak residential home market.
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- MILAN POST & BEAM BARN ON 10 ACRES
- Contact: David Birch
- $400,000
- 1700s DUTCHESS FARM ESTATE ON 37 ACRES
- Contact: David Birch
- $1,995,000
- Milan 19 Acres Views Large Open Field, Very Private 12571
- Milan 19 acres views, 2 lots with large open field with views, very private for luxury home or estate.
- Contact: David Birch
- $249,000
- Milan 1870's Estate 4BR2BA 5500SF 60 Acres 12571
- Milan 1870's Estate 4BR2BA 5500SF 60 Acres. This 1870's restored and updated home with 4BR2BA and 5500SF of living space has 3 wood burning fireplace, a Master BR, Kitchen and Family room . Also included are a guest house, a barn apartment 5 ponds and gunite in- ground swimming pool all on 60 Beautiful acres.
- Contact: David Birch
- $3,500,000
- Milan Executive Ranch 13Acres 3BR2BA 12514
- Milan Executive Ranch 13Acres 3BR2BA. This beautiful 3BR2BA Ranch home is on 13 Acres of open yet private setting. With a 25ft living room with fireplace, a high end Kitchen with a sky light and formal dining room. A large Master Suite plus 2 guest bed rooms, a full basement and oversized 2 car garage. Convenient to Taconic State parkway, Rhinebeck and Red Hook.
- Contact: David Birch
- $495,000
- Milan NY 10 Acres Privacy BOHA Outcroppings 12546
- Milan NY 10 Acres Privacy BOHA Outcroppings. This 10 acre parcel has stone walls, rock out croppings, wetlands, and a conventional BOHA. With great privacy and wildlife it is ready for you to build your dream home.
- Contact: David Birch
- $149,000
- Milan 90 Acres Pond Quiet Road 12514 | Barns & Farms
- Milan 90 Acres Pond Quiet Road. These 90 acres with a pond is on a quiet road in Milan. With easy access to the Taconic parkway it is perfect for recreation or could be subdivision. With a forestry exemption in place the taxes are low.
- Contact: David Birch
- $499,000
- Milan 4600SF Riverfront Home 1930s Vintage 12571
- Milan 4600SF riverfront home 1930s vintage watch the raging Roe Jan roll by, all the amenities including tennis courts and gunnite pool, easy access to Taconic Parkway, Rhinebeck and Pine Plains. 3BR4BA, all systems updated.
- Contact: David Birch
- $1,399,000
- Milan Stanford NY Land Auction 150 Acres Pond Frontage 12514
- Milan Land 150 Acres Pond Frontage. This 150 acre parcel has a large pond with long road frontage on a county road and private road. Perfect for a family estate or development, the pond is expandable.
- Contact: David Birch
- $399,000
- Milan Land 6 Acres Wooded Cabin PP Schools 12571
- Milan Land 6 Acres Wooded Cabin PP Schools. These 6 wooded acres on a quiet road with a 1959 cabin in Milan is in the Pine Plains School District. Convenient to the town of Red Hook and the Taconic Parkway it is a great country location.
- Contact: David Birch
- $42,000
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