Ridgebury, New York
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Ridgebury, New York is one of the eight Hamlets in the town of Wawayanda, New York
. The hamlet and its township are located in Orange County, New York
, approximately 65 miles north of New York City.
For a time, Ridgebury was also home to Moses D. Stivers
(December 30, 1828 - February 2, 1895) , a former U.S. Representative from New York, who moved in 1845 and completed his education there.
In the spring of 2008, the area's natural bodies of water, including Catlin Creek and Ridgebury Lake, were infested with groups of Northern snakehead
, a highly predatory fish that has recently been found unintentioally spreading around the United States. In Ridgebury, the snakeheads have been removed with poisoning by the DEC, and all water has been restocked with native species.
Wawayanda, New York
Wawayanda is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 7,024 as recorded by the 2006 census.The Town of Wawayanda is in the western part of the county, south of Middletown.-History:...
. The hamlet and its township are located in Orange County, New York
Orange County, New York
Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area and is located at the northern reaches of the New York metropolitan area. The county sits in the state's scenic Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley...
, approximately 65 miles north of New York City.
For a time, Ridgebury was also home to Moses D. Stivers
Moses D. Stivers
Moses Dunning Stivers was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born near Beemerville, New Jersey, Stivers attended common and private schools and Mount Retirement Seminary in Wantage, New Jersey....
(December 30, 1828 - February 2, 1895) , a former U.S. Representative from New York, who moved in 1845 and completed his education there.
In the spring of 2008, the area's natural bodies of water, including Catlin Creek and Ridgebury Lake, were infested with groups of Northern snakehead
Northern snakehead
The Northern snakehead is a type of snakehead fish native to China, Russia, North Korea and South Korea. In the United States, the fish is considered to be a highly invasive species...
, a highly predatory fish that has recently been found unintentioally spreading around the United States. In Ridgebury, the snakeheads have been removed with poisoning by the DEC, and all water has been restocked with native species.