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Kinderhook NY Commercial Restaurant

Kinderhook NY Commercial Restaurant Plus 4BR Home

Kinderhook NY real estate includes historic Kinderhook Village, Lindenwald, the home to President Martin Van Buren, Valatie, Kinderhook lake and Niverville. Kinderhook NY Real Estate includes farmers, Albany commuters and second home residents from the New York Metropolitan area. The Town of Kinderhook is in the north of Columbia County, with the Town of Stuyvesant to the west, Rensselaer County to the north, the Town of Chatham to the east and the Town of Ghent to the south.

According to the U. S. Census for 2000, the town has a total area of 32.4 square miles and a population of 8,296 people, 97% white. The median income for a household is $52,604 and the per capita income for the town is $24,259.

The village of Kinderhook began as a Dutch village that was settled in the 1600s, shortly after Henry Hudson voyaged up the Hudson River. Kinderhook was settled around 1750 and established in 1788 as one of the original towns of Columbia County. It lost substantial territory in the formation of the towns of Chatham, Ghent and Stuyvesant.

Kinderhook was a rich farming area and the home of former President Martin Van Buren. Today Kinderhook New York Real Estate homes function as a bedroom community to the Albany Capital District and a second home destination for the New York Metropolitan area.

Welcome to Kinderhook, one of the most historically significant places in the Hudson Valley. The name Kinderhook appeared on Dutch maps as early as 1614 making it one of the oldest names in the state. In the early days, Kinderhook (Dutch meaning children’s corner) embraced all of Stuyvesant, parts of Chatham, Stockport, and Ghent. Kinderhook was chartered as a township in 1687. The first town records were kept in Dutch and the language was spoken here until the 1840’s. As Americans we tend to view our history through English eyes, however the Dutch were here first and their impact culturally, architecturally and agriculturally remains today.

Kinderhook NY Commercial Restaurant Plus 4BR Home

Close to the Hudson River on the Kinderhook Creek, a stream noted for powerful waterfalls and edged with fertile farmland, Kinderhook has long been a prosperous and prominent place. As roads settled into place, the village grew. Kinderhook became a major stagecoach stop on the route connecting Albany with New York City as well as one of the first post offices. An 1808 map indicates that roads today are much as they were then. The New York Gazetteer reported in 1842 a population of 1400; two coach factories, two hat factories, two public houses, 200 dwellings, a printer, numerous trade shops and an Academy. Fashionable houses, may built on ancestral lands, reflecting early Dutch design and later Federal style, sprang up. Fine examples of Dutch, Greek Revival, Georgian, Carpenter Gothic, and Italianate remain today.

The Kinderhook area was the site of many historic events during the American Revolution. In the winter of 1775, Colonel Henry Knox, transported vital artillery through the village on horse drawn wooden sledges on his way from Ticonderoga to Boston. Turncoat Benedict Arnold spent a night here and British General John Burgoyne was entertained as a prisoner of war at a village mansion after his defeat at Saratoga.

Kinderhook is most noteworthy for its native son, Martin Van Buren, the 8th President of the United States. Van Buren was born here on December 5, 1782 and began his road to the White House in 1821 after holding the public offices of New York State Senator, Governor and U.S. Senator. Van Buren was elected to be the 8th President of the United States in 1837 after serving as Secretary of State (1829) and Vice President (1832) in Andrew Jackson’s administration. He was one of only two men to serve as Vice President, Secretary of State, and President; the other is Thomas Jefferson.  Van Buren was the first President to be born as an American citizen; previous Presidents were born prior to the American Revolution. President Van Buren was an accomplished politician but his presidency was characterized by the economic hardship of the time – the Panic of 1837.

This banking crisis occurred only 5 weeks into his presidency and tarnished his administration. He ran for re–election in 1844 and seemed to have the advantage for the nomination but his opposition to the annexation of Texas contributed to his defeat at the Democratic convention. The nomination eventually went to James Polk. Van Buren returned to his estate, Lindenwald, where he remained until his death in 1862 from bronchial asthma and heart failure at the age of 79.

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