Editing Verplanck, New York

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| official_name                   = Verplanck, New York
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'''Verplanck''' is a [[Hamlet (New York)|hamlet]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in the [[administrative divisions of New York#Town|town]] of [[Cortlandt, New York|Cortlandt]], [[Westchester County, New York]], United States. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] it had a population of 1,729.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Verplanck CDP, New York |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 22, 2011 }}</ref> Both the hamlet and [[Verplanck's Point]] derive their name from the activities of the [[Verplanck family]], established in [[New Amsterdam]] by [[Abraham Isaacsen Verplanck]] in the 1630s.

==History==
[[File:George Washington by John Trumbull 1790.jpg|thumb|[[Washington at Verplanck's Point]], by [[John Trumbull]] (1790)]]

Verplanck lies on a small peninsula in the extreme northwest of the town of Cortlandt. Tucked along the east bank of the [[Hudson River]], it is bordered by Cortlandt's village of [[Buchanan, New York|Buchanan]] and hamlet of  [[Montrose, New York|Montrose]].

===Verplanck's Point===
{{main|Verplanck's Point}}
Verplanck's Point lies at Verplanck's southernmost end. The [[Continental Army]] of General George Washington encamped at Verplanck's Point during the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], as a staging area for crossing the Hudson at adjacent [[Kings Ferry (Cortlandt, New York)|Kings Ferry]], lying between the Point and Montrose. Pursued by the army of British General [[William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe|William Howe]], it crossed to [[Stony Point, New York|Stony Point]] on the west bank, en route to [[Fort Lee, New Jersey]].<ref>[[chernow|Chernow, 2010]], p. 257</ref>  From there it continued south to [[Yorktown, Virginia]], where Washington received the [[Siege of Yorktown|surrender of General Charles Cornwallis]] on October 19, 1781.

A year later, in September 1782, Verplanck's Point, an alluvial plain and natural place for an encampment during the inherent bottleneck of an arduous and slow ferrying of men and materiel across the river, again became the site of the Continental Army's bivouac upon crossing the Hudson.

[[John Trumbull]] painted a full-length oil portrait of ''[[Washington at Verplanck's Point]]'', and gifted it to [[Martha Washington]]. Based on its success he produced a much larger work scaled up to nearly four times its size for the City of New York, ''[[George Washington (John Trumbull, 1790)|George Washington]]'', substituting [[Evacuation Day (New York)|Evacuation Day]] of New York City in 1783 as its backdrop for departing French commander-in-chief General [[Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau|Rochambeau]]'s review of Washington's [[Continental Army]] troops on September 14, 1782.

==Geography==
Verplanck is located at {{coord|41|15|11|N|73|57|35|W|type:city}} (41.252930, -73.959664).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the hamlet has a total area of {{convert|0.8|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|0.7|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}}, or 11.54%, is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 1535
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 777 people, 300 households, and 204 families residing in the hamlet. The population density was {{convert|1,121.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 311 housing units at an average density of {{convert|448.7|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the hamlet was 95.88% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.26% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.19% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.67% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 6.82% of the population.

There were 300 households, out of which 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.0% were non-families. 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.17.

In the hamlet the population was spread out, with 26.1% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.7 males.

The median income for a household in the hamlet was $36,548, and the median income for a family was $51,375. Males had a median income of $50,526 versus $27,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the hamlet was $19,842. About 20.2% of families and 21.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 17.8% of those under age 18 and 38.0% of those age 65 or over.

In 1985, Verplanck, New York was picked for introduction of the Yugo Hatchback car into the U.S. market.

==Education==
The school district is [[Hendrick Hudson School District]] (HHSD)<!--UNI 14190-->.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36119_westchester/DC20SD_C36119.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Westchester County, NY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2024-10-16}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36119_westchester/DC20SD_C36119_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> [[Hendrick Hudson High School]] is the district's comprehensive high school.

==Half Moon==
Verplanck is the home of a replica of the ship the [[Halve Maen|''Half Moon'']], with which [[Henry Hudson]] explored the [[Hudson River]].

==The Market on The River==
From May through October, The Market on the River is hosted on Sunday at the Cortlandt Waterfront Park. Vendors include farmers, coffee roasters, food purveyors, and craft makers.

==Sources==
* {{cite book |last=Chernow |first=Ron |title=Washington: A Life |publisher=Penguin Press |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-59420-266-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/washingtonlife00cher_0 |url-access=registration |ref=chernow}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081210184258/http://www.verplanckresidents.org/ Verplanck Resident's Association]
* [http://www.mountgulian.org/verplanck.html Verplanck family in the Hudson Valley]
* [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F03EFD71231E033A2575BC0A9659C94679ED7CF NY Times Article "History of Verplanck's Point"]

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