Town in New York, United States
Town hall, in Wallkill.Shawangunk is a town in southwestern Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 13,563 at the 2020 census. The town takes its name from its largest stream, the Shawangunk Kill. The name Shawangunk is from the language of the Lenape people. Kill is an abbreviation of the Dutch word for creek, Killitje. It is pronounced Shuh-Whan-Gung [citation needed]
Shawangunk was first settled by Europeans during the 1680s. The region was first designated a precinct about 1710, and became the township of Shawangunk in 1788. The town's name comes from the Dutch transliteration of the Munsee Lenape name or phrase. The approximate Lenape pronunciation was "Sha-WAN-gunk," [citation needed] probably meaning "in the smoky air." The name first appears in the 1682 Indian deed to Gertrude Bruyn. It is uncertain if this was the Indians' actual proper name for their nearby village and "New Fort," destroyed by the Dutch on September 5, 1663, during the Second Esopus War, or if the name was merely a phrase invented by the Indians in connection with the Bruyn land purchase, possibly describing some temporary feature of the landscape. Suggestions as to whether the name may have referred to smoky conditions on the day of Bruyn's first tour of the land with the Indians in the 1670s, or to the smoky ruins of the destroyed Indian village during the preceding decade, are purely speculative.[citation needed] Use of the name to designate the creek on which Bruyn settled (Shawangunk Kill), and the mountain range, came somewhat later. Locals pronounce the name "SHONG-gum,"[citation needed] an obvious[according to whom?] corruption or contraction of the original name, but one on record at least as far back as 1777 (Marc B. Fried, "Shawangunk Place-names" pp. ix-xi, 3-12, 96-97). Present-day citizens of Shawangunk often refer to themselves as living in particular hamlets such as Wallkill or Walker Valley rather than the town as a whole;[citation needed] this is due to the fact[according to whom?] that many residents of the western part of the town are in the school district of Pine Bush (nearby across the county line) and have Pine Bush mailing addresses, also doing much of their shopping in that Orange County hamlet.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 56.5 square miles (146 km2), of which 56.2 square miles (146 km2) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) (0.55%) is water.
The southern town line and half of the eastern town boundary is the border of Orange County, New York.
The northeastward-flowing Wallkill River passes through the eastern half of town and lends its name to the hamlet, which lies along its east bank. The western part of the town, including Walker Valley, climbs the lower slopes of the eponymous mountains. The Shawangunk Kill, a major tributary of the Wallkill, divides the town approximately in half.
The town of Shawangunk is led by a supervisor and a board of four council members. The current supervisor is John Valk, Jr., in office since 1998.
List of supervisors of Shawangunk:[4][5]
Name Years Served Notes Jacobus Bruyn III 1744–1747 Cornelius Bruyn 1748–1749 Brother of Jacobus Benjamin Van Keuren 1750 Isaac Hasbrouck 1751–1752 Member of Hasbrouck family Jacobus Sammon 1753 Johannis Jansen 1754–1760 Benjamin Van Keuren 1761 Johannis Jansen 1762 Benjamin Van Keuren 1763–1764 Johannis Jansen 1765–1768 Benjamin Van Keuren 1769 Johannes Hardenbergh Jr. 1770 Johannis Jansen 1771–1772 Johannes Hardenbergh Jr. 1773–1775 Cornelius C. Schoonmaker 1776–1777 Served as New York State Assemblyman (1777–1790) following term Thomas Jansen Jr. 1778–1779 Brother of Johannis James Hunter 1780–1781 Cornelius C. Schoonmaker 1782–1783 Served as United States Congressman (1791–1793) years after this term Thomas Jansen Jr. 1784 James Hunter 1785 Cornelius Bruyn 1786–1793 Son of Jacobus III; nephew of Cornelius Justus Banks 1794–1796 Joseph Isaac Hasbrouck 1797–1799 Son of Isaac, member of Hasbrouck family James Kain 1800–1803 Abraham Bruyn 1804–1805 Son of Cornelius; nephew of Jacobus III; first cousin of Cornelius Stephen Rea 1806 Albert Roosa 1807 Stephen Rea 1808–1812 Joseph Isaac Hasbrouck 1813–1814 Beverly Kain 1815–1816 Brother of James Joseph Isaac Hasbrouck 1817 Abraham J. Hardenbergh 1818–1821 Relative of Johannes Jr.; previously served as New Paltz Town Supervisor Johannes "John" Jansen 1822–1826 Son of Thomas Jr., nephew of Johannis George G. Graham 1827–1835 Hezekiah Watkins 1836–1841 Cornelius A. Bruyn 1842–1844 Son of Abraham, grandson of Cornelius; great-nephew of Jacobus III; cousin of Cornelius Eli Van Keuren 1845 James N. Mitchell 1846 Samuel Dill 1847 Eli Van Keuren 1848–1851 Hector S. Webb 1852–1855 Matthew Jansen 1856 Son of Johannes, grandson of Thomas Jr., great-nephew of Johannis Egbert N. Brink 1857–1858 Edmund Bruyn 1859–1860 Great-grandson of Jacobus III; relative of Abraham, Cornelius, Cornelius, and Cornelius A. Bruyn Cornelius Abram Jansen Hardenbergh 1861–1867 Great-nephew of Abraham J. Hardenbergh; relative of Johannes Hardenberg Jr.; cousin of Johannis, Thomas Jr., Johannes and Matthew Jansen Eli Van Keuren 1868–1869 Abram N. Deyoe 1870–1872 Thomas Fulton 1873 Samuel Dill Jr. 1874–1875 Son of Samuel Cornelius Abram Jansen Hardenbergh 1876–1882 Served as New York State Assemblyman shortly after this term (1885 to 1886) Elias Mulford 1883–1884 Walstein Childs 1885–1892 Benjamin F. Dickinson 1893–1895 D. Barclay DuBois 1896–1897 Benjamin F. Dickinson 1898–1901 George J. Alsdorf 1902–1907 William W. McElhone 1908–1917 Robert H. Terwilliger 1918–1919 Frank J. Wilkin 1920–1921 Joseph F. Scott 1922–1927 George E. Halliday 1928–1929 Died in office Lester C. Terwilliger 1935 Relative of Robert Edward E. Murray 1936–1946 Jesse McHugh 1951–1965 Charles E. Penney 1965–1969 C.E. Penney Drive in Wallkill named for him M.J. Oscar Smith 1969–1972 Francis V. Garrison 1972–1975 Charles Flynn 1979 John Scott 1987–1988 John Valk Jr. 1998–present Re-elected in 2021 Historical population Census Pop. Note %± 1790 2,128 — 1820 3,372 — 1830 3,681 9.2% 1840 3,886 5.6% 1850 4,036 3.9% 1860 2,870 −28.9% 1870 2,823 −1.6% 1880 2,910 3.1% 1890 2,456 −15.6% 1900 2,406 −2.0% 1910 2,548 5.9% 1920 2,087 −18.1% 1930 2,127 1.9% 1940 3,117 46.5% 1950 3,561 14.2% 1960 4,604 29.3% 1970 5,749 24.9% 1980 8,186 42.4% 1990 10,081 23.1% 2000 12,022 19.3% 2010 14,332 19.2% 2020 13,563 −5.4%As of 2009, there were 12,652 people, 4,333 households, and 2,557 families residing in the town. The population density was 225 people per square mile . There were 3,754 housing units at an average density of 66.8 per square mile (25.8/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 83% White, 7.9% African American, .2% Native American, .9% Asian, .01% Pacific Islander, 2.86% from other races, and 1.32% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.96% of the population.[7]
There were 3,433 households, out of which 39.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.5% were non-families. 20.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.21.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.4% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 38.3% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 134.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 144.3 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $52,366, and the median income for a family was $59,975. Males had a median income of $40,967 versus $29,608 for females. The per capita income for the town was $19,402. About 4.4% of families and 13.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.0% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over.
Statistics about housing in the town:[8]
The Shawangunk Mountains, primarily consisting of quartz, rise 2,000 feet above the town.[9] The mountains were created over 10,000 years ago during the last ice age when retreating glacial ice carved them out as part the surrounding Catskills,[10] drawing tourists and climbing enthusiasts from all over the world.[11]
Communities and locations in Shawangunk[edit]At the request of Watchtower, Muller Martini has designed a very "tour-friendly" layout of the machinery for efficient "visitor management". Every year, the plant, which is based in Wallkill, about two hours from New York, welcomes 50,000 visitors.
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