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'''Newburgh''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|uː|b|ɜːr|g}}) is a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|town]] in [[Orange County, New York]], United States. It forms part of the [[~~Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown~~Kiryas ~~metropolitan area|Poughkeepsie—Newburgh—Middletown~~Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metropolitan area]], which is a part of the [[New York metropolitan area~~|New York megacity~~]], and is a suburban satellite of the [[Newburgh, New York|urbanized city of Newburgh]]. The city of Newburgh was a part of the town prior to 1865. [[Stewart International Airport|New York Stewart International Airport]] is partially located within the township, and much of the land into which it could have been expanded has been turned into Stewart State Forest.

As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of the town is 31,985. The [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] determined the population was 29,801, marking the first time ever that the population of the town of Newburgh officially exceeded that of the neighboring [[Administrative divisions of New York#City|city]] of [[Newburgh, New York|Newburgh]] (with a population of 28,866).<ref>Figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau and reported on page 5 of the Middletown (N.Y.) ''Times Herald Record'', March 25, 2011.</ref> Estimates released by the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]] during 2018 show the Newburgh township's population exceeded 30,000.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Newburgh%20town,%20Orange%20County,%20New%20York&g=0600000US3607150045&table=DP05&tid=ACSDP5Y2017.DP05&hidePreview=true&lastDisplayedRow=93|title=2018 ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates|website=data.census.gov|access-date=February 1, 2020~~-02-01~~}}</ref> As of 2020 the town and neighboring city of [[Newburgh, New York|Newburgh]] had a combined population of 60,842.

The town of Newburgh is known as the "crossroads of the Northeast,", a phrase coined in the 1980s by then-[[town supervisor]] Robert J. Kirkpatrick Jr., not only because of Stewart Airport and the Hudson River, but also because two major interstate highways cross the town: [[Interstate 84 in New York|Interstate 84]] (east and west) and [[Interstate 87 (New York)|Interstate 87]], also known as the [[New York State Thruway]] (north and south).<ref>"Robert 'Bob' John Kirkpatrick, Jr.," ''Gil Piaquadio has been the Town of Newburgh Supervisor since 2014 Times Herald Record.'' April 18, 2015. Accessed May 4, 2015.</ref><ref>"Former Town of Newburgh Supervisor Dies at 87," ''Orange County Post-Sentinel.'' April 24, 2015, page 3.</ref><ref>State of New York Legislative Resolution Senate No. 1849</ref> Previously, the highways were accessible to each other via a short stretch of [[New York State Route 300]] (a major north–south thoroughfare and a main commercial corridor in the town) but a direct connection between I-84 and the Thruway was completed in December 2009, after being under construction for five years.<ref>Article by Judy Rife in the Middletown (NY) ''Times Herald Record'' Tuesday, July 14, 2009, page 31.</ref><ref>Article by Judy Rife in the Middletown (NY) ''Times Herald Record'' Tuesday, September 22, 2009, page 28.</ref><ref>Article by Meghan Fitzpatrick on page one of "The Sentinel" newspaper, December 8, 2009.</ref>

==History==

Newburgh was originally settled in 1709 by [[German Palatines|German Palatine]] refugees under the name of "Neuburg,", who were soon supplemented by a significant number of [[Scottish Americans|Scottish]] immigrants. It was chartered as a precinct in 1762. It was while Newburgh was a precinct, during the closing months of the [[American Revolutionary War]], that General [[George Washington]] established his headquarters at the Hasbrouck House in what is now the city of Newburgh. It was during this time that the [[Newburgh letter]] was written by [[Lewis Nicola]] and the [[Newburgh Conspiracy]] took place.

Newburgh was rechartered as a town in 1788. At that time, it was a part of [[Ulster County, New York|Ulster County]]. In 1798, the town of Newburgh and several other towns in southern Ulster County were transferred to Orange County, to compensate for the southernmost part of Orange County being cut away to form [[Rockland County, New York|Rockland County]]. The town of Newburgh has remained a part of Orange County ever since.<ref name="EONY1043">''The Encyclopedia of New York'' ''State'' (2005), Syracuse University Press, pages 1043-1044</ref> The village of Newburgh was incorporated in 1800.<ref name="Townhistory" /> Then as now, villages in New York State remained a part of their parent towns.<ref name="LGH">{{cite web|url=http://www.dos.state.ny.us/lgss/pdfs/Handbook.pdf|title=Local Government Handbook|publisher=New York State Department of State|year=2008|edition=5th|pages=PDF page 55|quote=Also, unlike a city, a village is part of a town[...]|access-date=June 9, 2009~~-06-09~~|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326101146/http://www.dos.state.ny.us/lgss/pdfs/Handbook.pdf|archive-date=~~2009-03-~~March 26, 2009}}</ref> However, when the village was re-chartered as the city of Newburgh in 1865,<ref name="Townhistory">{{cite web|url=http://www.townofnewburgh.org/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfm?TID=40&TPID=4844|title=Town of Newburgh Retrospective|publisher=Town of Newburgh|last=Cornell|first=Les|access-date=June 9, 2009~~-06-09~~}}</ref> it became totally independent of the town.<ref name="LGH" />

The town of Newburgh remained overwhelmingly rural and sparsely populated until well into the 20th century. There were many apple orchards in the northern part of the town, and dairy and vegetable farms in the remainder of the town. It is believed one of the largest was Brookside Dairy Farm, just west of the city of Newburgh on the north side of the old Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike (now Route 17K). The farm was owned by the Stewart family (which gave both Stewart Avenue on the site and Stewart International Airport their names) and ran as far north as South Plank Road, now also known as Route 52. It was known in its day for its state of the art facilities which produced dairy products in an innovative and scientific way. The farm also included an ice business on the banks of Brookside Pond. After [[World War II]], the southern part of the farm became a popular [[drive-in theater]], and the northern part was the site of a baseball stadium known as Tarr Oval, which was used by the Newburgh Little League for many years.<ref>Article by Mary McTamaney, City Historian of the City of Newburgh, in the '' Mid Hudson Times'', March 12, 2008, page 10.</ref> The [[PepsiCo]] bottling plant and corporate offices are now located on the site of Tarr Oval.

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Home building started again in the late 1980s as more and more [[New York City]], [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]], and Rockland County residents fled [[urban sprawl]] and spiraling tax rates. While in the 1950s and 1960s a drive of two to three hours one way to commute to work was unacceptable, by the 1990s many people considered it routine.

The [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]] estimated that the town grew by 3,000 just in the five-year period from 2000 to 2005 alone.<ref>American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on ~~2008-01-~~January 31, 2008.</ref> Since 2000, homes in virtually every part of the town are being built on lots which twenty years ago were considered unsuitable for this purpose.

The town became less and less a residential suburb for local employees and more and more a "bedroom" community for commuters to jobs outside the region.

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At the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=~~2008-01-~~January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 27,568 people, 9,765 households, and 7,519 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|631.0 ~~people per square mile (243.6~~|PD/~~km<sup>2<~~sqmi|PD/~~sup>)~~km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 10,122 housing units at an average density of {{convert|231.7 ~~per square mile (89.5~~|/~~km<sup>2<~~sqmi|/~~sup>)~~km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 85.08% [[white (U.S. Census)|white]], 7.56% [[African American (U.S. Census)|black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], .15% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.06% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], .03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 3.07% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.06% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 9.59% of the population.

There were 9,765 households, out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23% were non-families. 17.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.19.

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In 2018, the [[American Community Survey]] estimated the town of Newburgh's population to be 30,697.<ref name=":0" /> [[Non-Hispanic whites]] made up 81.2% of the population, followed by [[African Americans|blacks or African Americans]] (10.1%), [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian or Alaskan Natives]] (.1%), [[Asian Americans|Asians]] (2%), some other race (.2%), and persons of [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]] (2.4%). The [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latin American]] population of any race was 18.8%.

The median income for a household from 2014 to 2018 was $87,602 and the mean income was $105,061, making the town of Newburgh wealthier than the city of Newburgh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Newburgh%20town,%20Orange%20County,%20New%20York%20income&g=0600000US3607150045&lastDisplayedRow=16&table=S1901&tid=ACSST5Y2018.S1901&t=Income%20(Households,%20Families,%20Individuals)|website=data.census.gov|access-date=February 2, 2020~~-02-02~~|title=Explore Census Data }}</ref>

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== Communities and locations in the town ==

*Algonquin Park – Although completely surrounded by the town of Newburgh,<ref>{{cite map|url=http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=41.52195,-74.05764&z=14&t=T&marker0=41.00241%2C-75.07207%2CSunfish%20Pond&marker1=41.42161%2C-74.04176%2CCornwall%5C%2C%20New%20York&marker2=42.70640%2C-73.76520%2CLoudonville%5C%2C%20NY&marker3=41.50071%2C-74.02135%2CNewburgh%5C%2C%20Ne%20w%20York|title=overview of Algonquin Park|publisher=USGS|access-date=June 9, 2009~~-06-09~~}}</ref> this parkland was donated by private developers (who had purchased the property with the intent of building homes on it) to the city of Newburgh for use as a park. Part of the land was purchased and donated to the city by [[Frederic Delano]],<ref name="Townhistory"/> a local resident who was the uncle of future President Franklin D. Roosevelt.<ref>Text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.</ref> The Newburgh Lion's Club added land to the donation in the 1930s,{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} and it remained a City of Newburgh park until the mid-1970s, at which time the city could no longer maintain its upkeep.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} After lying idle for several years, Orange County took it over and today it remains a part of the County Parks and Recreation Department.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} The ruins of the old gunpowder mill on the parkland is one of only two such remnants in the United States, and is part of the [[Orange Mill Historic District]], the only Historic District within the Town.<ref>Ruttenber, Edward and Tice, Charles, History of the Town of Newburgh; 1859, E.M. Ruttenber & Co., 133. ^ Cornell, Les; 2005; Town of Newburgh - Town history; retrieved June 6, 2007.</ref>

*Algonquin Park Boulder – A centerpiece of Algonquin Park had long been a huge boulder which had been in place at least since the [[Last Glacial Period|Ice Age]]. Children played on and around it and park patrons of all ages utilized it as a resting place, shade oasis, and a place for meeting. On several occasions the County attempted to remove the boulder, only to face strong opposition from local residents. In the early 1990s, then County Executive [[Mary M. McPhillips|Mary McPhillips]] suggested it be removed for safety reasons. Local historic and civic groups impressed on County officials the landmark status and sentimental value of the boulder and obtained pledges that it would never be removed. In the mid-1990s, a new administration in the County seat again proposed removing the rock, this time for the purpose of constructing a soccer field. The county was presented with petitions signed by over 600 residents asking that the boulder be retained. The then-County Executive, Joseph Rampe, and the Commissioner of Parks, Graham Skea, both pledged that the boulder would never be removed. The soccer field was built just north of Gardnertown Road, also County parkland, so it was assumed there was no longer any threat to the boulder. Then, on the morning of June 25, 2008, the sound of jackhammers alerted neighbors that the boulder was being destroyed. It was soon a pile of rubble. The destruction of the boulder took place on the second to the last day on the job of Parks Commissioner J. Brett Simmons, who succeeded Skea upon the latter's retirement. Simmons informed no one of the decision to remove the boulder—no County official and no Town official. A blasting permit from the Town of Newburgh was not needed because no blasting was involved. County Executive [[Ed Diana]] was not informed of the decision to destroy the rock, and in any case was unaware of the pledges made by his predecessors to retain the rock. Local press coverage underscored the outright grief and rage of local park users and historical buffs. Les Cornell, Newburgh Town Historian, noted that the boulder was located in the only historic district within the Town, and questioned if any historic landmark is now safe. But the damage was done and is irreversible.<ref>Page one article by Meghan Fitzpatrick in ''The Sentinel'' (semi-weekly newspaper published in New Windsor, NY), June 27, 2008</ref><ref>Page three article by Doyle Murphy in the ''Times Herald Record'', July 3, 2008</ref>

*Amber Fields – A development built in the late 1980s on the west side of Fletcher Drive North just north of Interstate 84.<ref>Records in the office of the Newburgh Town Clerk, 1496 Route 300, Newburgh NY</ref>

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*Cedar Cliff – Was a hamlet in the extreme northeast corner of Town, at the point where the Orange-Ulster County border meets the Hudson River. According to old maps, in the late 19th century it had its own post office and school, but today exists only as the name of a hill and of a short dead-end road which runs perpendicular to Old Post Road and the river.<ref name="ReferenceB">19th century maps on display at Newburgh Town Hall.</ref>

*Cedar Hill Cemetery – an interdenominational cemetery, is the largest cemetery in the Town of Newburgh. It is on the east side of Route 9W, just north of Middle Hope, west of Roseton, and southwest of Cedar Cliff. It was founded in the 1850s. Notables buried there include [[Andrew Jackson Downing]], the landscape architect closely associated with the City of Newburgh, and [[Eric Carr]], drummer for the rock group Kiss.

*[[Chadwick Lake]] – A manmade lake in the northwestern part of the town, owned and maintained for recreational purposes by the Town government. It is surrounded by Chadwick Lake Park, a Town park. It is also the secondary water supply for the Town, the first being the [[Delaware Aqueduct]] (New York City). The town maintains recreational and park facilities around the southern end of the lake, including playgrounds, picnic facilities, a skating rink and basketball court, a concert stage, and hiking trails, one of which encircles the entire lake. Recreational fishing is allowed, with big mouth bass being the most popular catch in the lake, which is well stocked. The lake is man made. The lake was created when the property owners, the Chadwick family, constructed a dam across Quassaick Creek in 1926. For that reason, the lake does not appear on any 19th-century maps. The Town purchased the lake from the Chadwick Family in 1962 with the intent of using it as a water supply.<ref>Official minutes of Newburgh Town Board meetings, December 20, 1961, and February 28, 1962, on file in office of Newburgh Town Clerk.</ref> Some older commercial maps erroneously label the lake "Cronomer Lake" probably due to its proximity to the hamlet of Cronomer Valley and to Cronomer Hill, but there is no evidence that this name was ever used locally for the lake either officially or informally.

*Cronomer Hill Park – owned and maintained by the Orange County Parks and Recreation Department, the portion near the summit of the hill is richly forested. The portion of the park which extends down the southwest slope, to and across Gardnertown Road to Powder Mill Road, includes soccer and baseball fields, and tennis courts. This portion of the park is the site of Town of Newburgh "Community Day" every year the last worknight prior to July 4. It features local vendors and concludes with a fireworks display. The most prominent elevation in the Town, due to its central location, is '''Cronomer Hill'''. The summit of Cronomer Hill, the name of which derives from an Indian chief who allegedly lived atop the hill during Revolutionary War times, is {{convert|725|ft|m}} above sea level. Most of Cronomer Hill is now a park owned and maintained by Orange County and remains heavily forested. The summit, accessible by auto via a road intersecting with Route 32, features an observation tower from which can be seen extensive views of major portions of the mid Hudson Valley, including the Newburgh Beacon Bridge in its entirely, much of Dutchess County across the Hudson, and major portions of Stewart Airport to the southwest, as well as much of the City of Newburgh and Town of New Windsor. On a clear day, visible on the horizon, is High Point, the highest point in the state of New Jersey, which is marked by an obelisk. A cell phone tower is at the summit of Cronomer Hill.

*Cronomer Valley – nestled between Fostertown and Cronomer Hill. The confusing, unusual junction of New York State Routes 32 and 300 in the hamlet has locally been known as ''Holt's Corner'' in honor of the family which has long owned property and businesses at and near the intersection, members of which live in the vicinity of the intersection to this day. The ''Cronomer Valley Fire Department'' is located on Route 32 about 2/10 mile southeast of Holt's Corner.

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*Frozen Ridge – a bluff with views of the Fostertown valley and the southern tip of Marlboro Mountain, was apple orchards and forest until the late 20th century, and is now experiencing explosive home building.

*[[Gardnertown, New York|Gardnertown]] – A hamlet named after the Silas Gardner family, whose home is still standing and in private use. Since Gardnertown is the geographic center of the Town of Newburgh, most of the government buildings, including Town Hall, Police Headquarters, and the Code Compliance building, are located here. Gardnertown does not have its own zip code, but a branch of the Newburgh Post Office was located here from 1978 to 2012 in a strip mall.

*Gidneytown – a once prosperous hamlet located at what is now the intersection of Gidney Avenue and Route 32. A grist mill, thriving in the late 18th and throughout the 19th centuries and owned by the Gidney family,<ref>19th century maps on display at Newburgh Town Hall</ref> was located here on the banks of Gidneytown Creek. Only the brick chimney remains, an historic site which stands on Town owned property. An historical marker on the site recounts a brief history of the Gidney grist mill.<ref>Historic Marker on site.</ref> This property was the site of a controversial wastewater treatment plant which operated from 1963 until the sewer lines were consolidated and the plant demolished in 1989.<ref>Office of the Town Engineer, Town of Newburgh</ref> This plant was one of several in the Hudson valley targeted by the [[Riverkeeper]] organization. The Town of Newburgh Animal Shelter is currently located on this town-owned property. Until the late 1950s, a body of water known as '''Gidney Pond''' was a popular local swimming, fishing and ice skating hole. It was filled in after a child drowned. A shopping mall ~~anchored by a Shop Rite supermarket, two banks, a new modern [[Walgreens]] drug store,~~ and other commercial and retail establishments are now on the site of Gidney Pond. Another, much smaller, body of water which appears on old Town maps was '''Grimm's Pond''', a local fishing hole on the southwest corner of Gidney Avenue and Gardnertown Road. This former body of water is now marshland traversed by Gidneytown Creek.

*Glenwood Park – A former hamlet which was located around the current site of the ''Good Will Fire Department''.

*[[Gomez Mill House]] – the earliest known surviving Jewish residence in the country and the oldest home in Orange County listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

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*[[William W. Belknap]] (1829–1890), Secretary of War under President [[Ulysses S. Grant]], is the only Cabinet official in American history to be impeached.

*[[Augustus W. Bennet]] (1897–1983), resident and practicing attorney in the Newburgh area throughout his adult life, was a Member of the U.S. Congress (1945–1947) and is buried in the mausoleum in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

*[[Lawrence E. Bennett]] (~~1923-2016~~1923–2016), World War II hero, Town Councilman (~~1973-1978~~1973–1978), Town Supervisor (~~1978-1982~~1978–1982), and New York State Assemblyman (~~1982-1994~~1982–1994).

*[[Eric Carr]] (1950–1991), drummer with the rock group [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

*[[Kenneth Casey]] (1899–1965), composer, publisher, author and child actor, best remembered as the lyricist of the 1925 hit song [[Sweet Georgia Brown]], lived on Lakeside Road in the hamlet of Orange Lake.

*[[Rob Cohen]] (born 1949- ), film director and producer, while born in nearby [[Cornwall, New York|Cornwall]], lived with his family in the Powelton Farms section of Town; educated in the Newburgh public school system, 1967 graduate of Newburgh Free Academy (NFA).<ref>Article by Germain Lussier in the Middletown (New York) ''Times Herald Record'', August 3, 2008.</ref>

*The [[Delano family]] lived in its principal estate, Algonac, approximately at the site of what is now Susan Drive in Balmville.

*[[Thomas C. Desmond]] (1887–1972) made a fortune as a shipbuilder during [[World War I]]. He founded the Newburgh Ship Yards, which built many of the transport ships vital to the [[American Expeditionary Force]]. Among the ships built there was the [[USS Newburgh (ID-1369)]]. He built the Colonial Terrace section of Newburgh in 1917 to house his workers.<ref>Sign at the entrance to Colonial Terrace off of Fullerton Avenue in the City of Newburgh.</ref> Later, he served in the New York State Senate (1930–1958).<ref name="OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND POLICY p068">ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND POLICY:Finding Aid for the THOMAS C. DESMOND PAPERS, 1930-1972(APAP-068), M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives/University Libraries/University at Albany/State University of New York 1400 Washington Avenue/Albany, New York 12222 Retrieved from library.albany.edu/speccoll/findaids/apap068.htm, ~~03-~~Mar 31-, 2010.</ref> He lived in a palatial estate in Balmville, located between Albany Post Road and River Road.<ref name="msmc.edu">Info on official Mount Saint Mary's web site www.msmc.edu. Retrieved ~~03-~~March 31-, 2010.</ref> After his death, his widow ''Alice Curtis Desmond'' (1897–1991), a successful author of biographies of Revolutionary War era personalities and professional photographer,<ref name="OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND POLICY p068"/> married former U.S. Congressman [[Hamilton Fish III]] (1888–1991).<ref>Time Magazine, October 4, 1976.</ref> They subsequently divorced.<ref>Obituary and biography of Hamilton Fish III in the Middletown ''Times'' ''Herald Record'', Saturday, January 19, 1991, pages 3-5.</ref> When she died in 1991, she willed the estate to [[Mount Saint Mary College]]. Both the Center for Community Education Service and Learning Is Forever Enriching (LIFE) program offices are located at the Mount's Desmond Campus.<ref name="msmc.edu"/>

*[[Andrew Jackson Downing]] (1815–1852), landscape architect closely associated with the City of Newburgh, is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, in the Town of Newburgh.

*John J. Flemming (1923–1988), architect (a principal in the Flemming & Silverman firm) and water-colorist of Powelton Circle in Balmville, who designed many of the school buildings (as well as commercial buildings and private homes) in Newburgh and Orange County built during the 1960s and 1970s.

*[[Michael C. Gross]] (~~1945-2015~~1945–2015), graphic artist, designer, and motion picture producer, designed many covers of the [[National Lampoon (magazine)]] during his tenure as that magazine's art director, and created the iconic logo for the motion picture [[Ghostbusters]] (1984).<ref>Associated Press, "Michael Gross, who created 'Ghostbusters' logo, dies at 70", by John Rogers, November 17, 2015, 8:29 p.m.</ref>

*[[William S. Hart]] (1864–1946), a classically trained Shakespearean actor, parlayed his fame on the Broadway stage to become a star, after the age of 40, of [[silent movies]]. He was the first motion picture [[cowboy]], known for insisting on historic authenticity. He retired as a millionaire to his ranch outside Hollywood before the dawn of the [[talkies]]. He was born in the old United States Hotel along the waterfront in what is now the City of Newburgh which at the time had not yet separated from the Town.<ref>Mary McTamaney, "Newburgh's Cowboy: William S. Hart", the ''Mid Hudson Times'', December 9, 2009, page 10.</ref>

*[[James D. Hughes]], known as "Don" Hughes (~~1922-~~ 1922–2024), Air Force General, who was chief military aide to [[Richard M. Nixon]] during the latter's second term as vice president, and again during his subsequent presidency. He was born in and lived most of his life in the Balmville section of the Town of Newburgh, in later years on Dogwood Lane.

*[[George Inness]] (1825–1894), 19th century painter, was born on a farm in the Town of Newburgh.

*[[Joseph John Jova]] (1916–1993), a member of the family who owned the Jova Brick Yards in Roseton, was a professional diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to [[Honduras]] (1965–1969), U.S. Representative to the [[Organization of American States]] (1969–1973) and U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (1973–1977). After he retired, he was President of [[Meridian house|Meridian International Center]] (1977–1989).<ref>Obituary, ''New York Times'', April 2, 1993</ref>

*[[Ellsworth Kelly]] (~~1923-2015~~1923–2015), noted painter, sculptor, and printmaker associated with hard-edge painting.

*[[Margaret Leech]] (1893–1974), winner of two [[Pulitzer Prize]]s for history, was born and raised in the Town of Newburgh, and maintained a home there throughout her life.

*[[Sara Roosevelt|Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt]] (1854–1941), a member of the [[Delano family]] and the mother of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], the 32nd President of the United States, was born and raised at Algonac, the Delano Estate, which was roughly where Susan Drive is now, in Balmville.<ref>Map dated 1864 on display in Newburgh Town Hall.</ref>

*[[Mickey Spillane]] (1918–2006), best-selling author, built a house off of Rock Cut Road soon after World War II. It was there that he wrote the first of his crime novels, and he continued to reside there well into the 1950s.<ref>Article by Alexa James in the Middletown (New York) ''Times Herald Record'', July 21, 2006</ref>

*[[Thomas Vonn]] (born 1975- ), former alpine ski racer with U.S. Ski Team. Primarily a giant slalom racer, Vonn's best finish in international competition was in the Super-G at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where he placed ninth. He was the husband of champion ski racer [[Lindsey Vonn]], the World Cup overall champion in 2008 and 2009 and 2010 Olympic gold medalist. Their divorce was finalized in January 2013. The Vonn family lived in the Balmville section of Town. Thomas attended [[Northwood School (Lake Placid, New York)|Northwood School]], a prep school in upstate New York.<ref>Voter registration records, Orange County Board of Elections, 25 Court Lane, Goshen NY 10924. Retrieved ~~02-~~February 25-, 2010.</ref>

*[[John E. Wool]] (~~1784-1869~~1784–1869), professional military officer in the U.S. Army who served in three consecutive wars: the [[War of 1812]], the [[Mexican–American War|Mexican War]]. and the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].

*[[Lenny Wolpe]] (born 1951- ), acclaimed star of Broadway musicals such as ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]'' and ''[[The Drowsy Chaperone]]'', and countless television and movie appearances, was born and lived his early years in the City of Newburgh, but lived in Town of Newburgh throughout his teens. He is a 1969 graduate of NFA.

*[[Orange County Choppers]] The headquarters of the custom motorcycle manufacturer which is the centerpiece of the nationally broadcast reality TV show ''[[American Chopper]]'' is on Route 17K, about 4/10 of a mile west of Route 300. The new building is clearly visible from the [[New York State Thruway]] and is readily accessible via Exit 17 of that superhighway. [[Paul Teutul Sr.]], [[Paul Teutul Jr.]], and [[Michael Teutul]] are combining and relocating their production facility and retail store from the adjacent Town of Montgomery. The grand opening of the new International Headquarters of Orange County Choppers took place April 24 to 27, 2008.<ref>Billboard posted in front of site on Route 17K.</ref>

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