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Timeline of town creation in the Hudson Valley
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The Senate House, in Kingston, is where the US state of New York was founded in 1777.[1] The predecessors of Hudson Valley towns predate the state.
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Downtown Poughkeepsie as seen from across the Hudson River
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Patterson Town Hall
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Town and city boundaries within Ulster County in 1875
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Rockland County, with town and village boundaries
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