Dutchess County, NY
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. As of the 2000 census, the population was 280,150.
However, recent population estimates completed by the United States Census Bureau for the 12-month
period ending July 1 (2006) are at 295,146 residents. It is part of the New York metropolitan
area. The county seat is Poughkeepsie. The county was named in honor of Mary of Modena, Duchess
of York, second wife of the future King James II.
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