Union Vale NY Real Estate is in the center of Dutchess County and includes Chestnut Ridge, Clove Mountain, LaGrangeville, Pleasant Ridge and Verbank. With the Town of Beekman to the south, the Town of Dover to the east, the Town of Washington to the north and the Town of La Grange to the west.The town has a total area of 37.8 square miles and has a population of 4,877. It is part of the Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. The town is 15 miles (24 km) east of the city of Poughkeepsie and 70 miles (110 km) north of New York City.
Union Vale NY History
Union Vale was originally part of the Beekman Patent. The town was first settled around 1716, and was formed in 1827 from the towns of Beekman and LaGrange.
Until the early 1900s, some of the local men would make the trip to the Poughkeepsie area and earn extra money during the slow farm season to work harvesting on the Hudson River. Pay was $1.25 for a day laborer; $3.50 for a man and horse, 75 cents for pike boys; 25 cents for spooners who walked behind the horse and picked up the “exhaust.” The workday was from sun-up until sun-down.
Union Vale NY Real Estate Today
Union Vale has two town parks, Tymor Park and Frederick E. Godfrey Memorial Park.
The larger park is Tymor Park which is nearly 500 acres (2.0 km2) and is the largest municipal park in the state of New York. It has various recreational facilities such as sports fields, an outdoor pool, playground, pavilions, concession stand, a senior center, rental halls, equestrian center, camping areas, a fishing pond, ice rinks in the winter, tennis courts, basketball courts, volleyball courts, historical sites, and over 12 miles (19 km) of hiking/biking/equestrian trails.
Frederick E. Godfrey Memorial Park (Godfrey Park) is 12 acres (49,000 m2) and includes hiking trails, a playground, basketball court, volleyball court, restrooms, and a baseball/softball field.
There is a private golf course, The Links at Union Vale, on the western side of the town.
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