Place:Red Hook, Dutchess, New York, United States

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NameRed Hook
TypeVillage
Coordinates41.994°N 73.877°W
Located inDutchess, New York, United States
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Red Hook is a village in Dutchess County, New York, USA. The population was 1,961 at the 2010 census. 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 name is derived from the Dutch "Roode Hoeck" – hoeck meaning peninsula, and roode meaning red – a reference to the vibrant reds in the area's fall foliage.[1]

The Village of Red Hook is in the Town of Red Hook, located on US Route 9. Red Hook is near Bard College and the Hudson River; it should not be confused with Red Hook, Brooklyn.

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The region was part of the Schuyler Patent. The village was formerly "Lower Red Hook" and sometimes referred to as "Hardscrabble."

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  • Outstanding guide to Red Hook family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, town histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
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