Chelsea, Dutchess County, New York
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Wappinger, New York
Wappinger is a town of in Dutchess County, New York in the United States. The population was 26,274 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from the Wappani Indians that inhabited the area...
in Dutchess County
Dutchess County, New York
Dutchess County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. The 2010 census lists the population as 297,488...
, New York
New York
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, United States
United States
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. It is located on the Hudson River
Hudson River
The Hudson is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York. The highest official source is at Lake Tear of the Clouds, on the slopes of Mount Marcy in the Adirondack Mountains. The river itself officially begins in Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York...
in the southwestern corner of the town. It takes the ZIP Code
ZIP Code
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12512 and is in the 845
Area code 845
Area code 845 is a telephone area code which serves the Hudson Valley counties of Rockland, Putnam, Orange, most of Dutchess, Ulster, and Sullivan, plus parts of Delaware, Greene, and Columbia counties...
telephone area code, and has its own fire district.
It is a small community, primarily residential. A marina
Marina
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is located on the river. Just north of the hamlet is a large pumping station
Pumping station
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used by the New York City water supply system during drought
Drought
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s to take water directly from the river, since the hamlet is located around the point where the river water becomes fresh enough to drink even in the dryest of times.