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== Communities and locations in Shawangunk == *'''Awosting''' – A hamlet in the northwestern part of the town. *'''Bruynswick''' – A hamlet near the northern town line on County Route 7. *'''Crawford''' – A hamlet in the northwestern section of the town, south of Awosting. *'''Dwaarkill''' – A hamlet north of Red Mills, located on County Route 7. *'''Galeville''' – A former hamlet in the eastern part of the town, north of Wallkill. Galeville is on the west bank of the [[Wallkill River]]. Once home to Galeville Army Air Base, now [[Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge]]. *'''New Hurley''' – A former hamlet on Route 208. *'''Red Mills''' – A hamlet at the southern town line and north of Pine Bush. *''Rutsonville''' *[[Shawangunk Kill]] – A small stream in the town. *[[Ulsterville, New York|Ulsterville]] – Aest of Pine Bush, located on County Road 7. *[[Watchtower, New York|Watchtower]] – A census-designated-place (CDP) that is entirely made up of the residents of Watchtower Farms, a printing facility that draws tens of thousands of visitors every year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mullermartini.com/Desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-274/28_read-1914/ |title=Muller Martini Corporates - Watchtower in Wallkill/USA: Corona/Diamant |access-date=March 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118131851/http://www.mullermartini.com/Desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-274/28_read-1914 |archive-date=January 18, 2010 }}<blockquote> At the request of Watchtower, Muller Martini has designed a very "tour-friendly" layout of the machinery for efficient "visitor management". Every year, the plant, which is based in Wallkill, about two hours from New York, welcomes 50,000 visitors. </blockquote></ref> It is owned and operated by the [[Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania|Watchtower Society]] (a legal entity of [[Jehovah's Witnesses]]) and has been in operation since 1963.<ref>The Watchtower, September 15, 1983, page 27</ref> *[[Walker Valley, New York|Walker Valley]] – a hamlet in the southwest part of the town on Route 52. Walker Valley is west of Pine Bush. *[[Wallkill, Ulster County, New York|Wallkill]] – a hamlet at the eastern town line. *[[Shawangunk Correctional Facility]] – a New York state prison, north of Wallkill. *[[Wallkill Correctional Facility]] – a state prison north of Wallkill.
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