Editing Wappinger, New York (section)

==Government==
[[File:Wappinger Town Hall.jpg|thumb|right|Wappinger Town Hall, located in the Middlebush hamlet]]

Wappinger is the second largest populated town in [[Dutchess County]] and is governed by a five-member Town Board. The Town of Wappinger has an elected Town Supervisor, who presides over Town Board meetings and is the chief financial and operating officer of the Town. 
The town is structured as a ward system with Town Council-members representing each of four wards. 
*Ward 1 includes the [[Wappingers Falls, New York|Village of Wappingers Falls]], northern [[U.S. Route 9 in New York|US Route 9]] corridor, Hughsonville hamlet, and Middlebush hamlet. 
*Ward 2 consists of [[Chelsea, Dutchess County, New York|Chelsea]] hamlet, Swartwoutville hamlet, and the southern part of the [[U.S. Route 9|U.S. 9]] corridor. 
*Ward 3 includes the middle of the town, including part of Myers Corners hamlet, Rockingham Farms, Quiet Acres, Wildwood, and Shamrock Hills subdivisions. 
*Ward 4, which consists of New Hackensack hamlet, Myers Corners hamlet, [[Hudson Valley Regional Airport]], and Edgehill Manor subdivision.

The Town of Wappinger has an elected Town Clerk, tasked with maintaining town records and taking minutes of Town Board meetings. The Highway Department is overseen by the elected Superintendent of Highways. The town has two Town Justices.