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Orange County, New York

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190historic places
—earliest paper
1683formed
401,310pop. 2020
85cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 190 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 8 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Montgomery, Cornwall, Newburgh.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New York is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Orange titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

92 of 190 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

190 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
1841 Goshen CourthouseGoshenBuilding1975
Adams-Chadeayne-Taft EstateCornwall-on-HudsonBuilding2013
African-American Cemetery, TheMontgomerySite1996
Arden, E. H. Harriman Estate NHLHarrimanBuilding1966
Balmville CemeteryBalmvilleSite2010
Barber, Peale's, Farm Mastodon Exhumation SiteMontgomerySite2009
Barr, Amelia, HouseCornwall-on-HudsonBuilding1982
Beakes, John G., HouseMiddletownBuilding2010
Belknap Stone HouseNewburghBuilding2001
Black Walnut Island 2Pine IslandSite2024
Blake, John, HouseMaybrookBuilding1984
Bloomer-Dailey House and Balmville TreeBalmvilleDistrict2000
Blooming Grove ChurchBlooming GroveBuilding1996
Bodine FarmhouseWalden (Town of Montgomery)Building2006
Bodine's Tavern (Additional Documentation)MontgomeryBuilding2016
Bookstaver, Jacob, HouseMontgomeryBuilding1996
Boulders, TheWarwickBuilding2001
Brewster, Oliver, HouseCornwallBuilding1996
Bridge Street Historic DistrictMontgomeryDistrict1980
Brooks, Samuel, HouseCornwallBuilding1996
Brotherhood WineryWashingtonvilleBuilding2000
Brown FarmsteadWaldenBuilding2005
Bull Stone HouseCampbell HallBuilding1974
Bull, William, III, HouseMontgomeryBuilding1986
Bull-Jackson HouseCampbell HallDistrict1974
Camp OlmstedCornwall-on-HudsonBuilding1982
Canterbury Presbyterian ChurchCornwallBuilding1996
Carvey-Gatfield HouseCornwallBuilding1996
Cash-Draper HouseMiddletownBuilding2017
Checkerboard InnMonroeBuilding2006
Christ ChurchMiddletownBuilding2008
Church Park Historic DistrictGoshenDistrict1980
Church Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)GoshenDistrict2004
Church of the Holy Innocents and RectoryHighland FallsBuilding1982
Clark, A. J., StoreCornwallBuilding1996
Clark, Hulet, FarmsteadWesttownBuilding1998
Cocks, Isaac, HouseCornwallBuilding1996
Colden Family CemeteryMontgomerySite2005
Colden Hill FarmNewburghDistrict2020
Colden Mansion RuinsMontgomeryBuilding2007
Cornwall Friends Meeting HouseCornwallBuilding1988
Cosman Family CemeteryMiddle HopeSite2006
Cottage in the PinesDeerparkDistrict2015
Crabtree, John A., House (Additional Documentation)MontgomeryBuilding1998
Cragston DependenciesHighlandsBuilding1982
Crane HouseWallkillBuilding2018
Crawford, David, HouseNewburghBuilding1972
Crawford, John I, FarmCrawfordBuilding1998
Cromwell ManorCornwallBuilding1996
Deer HillCornwallBuilding1982
Delaware and Hudson Canal NHLCuddebackvilleStructure1968
Denniston-Steidle HouseNew WindsorBuilding2012
Dickerson, Abraham, FarmhouseMontgomeryBuilding1995
District School No. 9GoshenBuilding1988
Dock Hill Road Extension Stone Arch BridgeCornwall-on-HudsonStructure2010
Dodge-Greenleaf HouseOtisvilleBuilding2008
Dubois-Phelps HouseMontgomeryBuilding1997
Dunning HouseWawayandaBuilding2001
Dutch Reformed Church NHLNewburghBuilding1970
Dutchess Quarry Cave SiteGoshenSite1974
East End Historic DistrictNewburghDistrict1985
Echo Lawn EstateBalmvilleBuilding2009
Edmonston HouseVails GateBuilding1979
Erie Railroad StationPort JervisBuilding1980
Everett-Bradner HouseGoshenBuilding2004
First Congregational Church of MiddletownMiddletownBuilding2005
First Presbyterian Church of ChesterChesterBuilding1998
First Presbyterian Church of Highland FallsHighland FallsBuilding1982
Firthcliffe FirehouseCornwallBuilding1996
Fort DeckerPort JervisBuilding1974
Fort Montgomery Site NHLFort MontgomerySite1972
Fury Brook FarmSugar LoafBuilding2004
Gardner, Silas, HouseGardnertownBuilding1980
Gatehouse on Deerhill RoadCornwallBuilding1982
Grace Episcopal ChurchMiddletownBuilding2010
Gumaer CemeteryGodeffroySite2017
Haines, Benjamin, HouseMontgomeryBuilding1996
Hand, Elias, HouseMountainvilleBuilding1998
Hand, Walter, HouseCornwallBuilding1996
Harrison Meeting House Site and CemeteryMontgomerySite1999
Haskell HouseNew WindsorBuilding1973
Hatch, Vermont, MansionCornwallBuilding1995
Hawkins, Jacob & Caroline, HouseCampbell HallBuilding2019
Hays, John R., HouseWaldenBuilding2002
Highland Falls Railroad DepotHighland FallsBuilding1982
Highland Falls Village HallHighland FallsBuilding1982
Hill, Nathaniel, Brick HouseMontgomeryBuilding1978
Hillside CemeteryMiddletownSite1994
Historic Track NHLGoshenDistrict1966
Hopewell Presbyterian ChurchCrawfordBuilding1998
Horton, Webb, HouseMiddletownBuilding1990
House at 116 Main StreetHighland FallsBuilding1982
House at 37 Center StreetHighland FallsBuilding1982
Howell-Hinchman TanneryMiddletownBuilding2026
Huguenot SchoolhouseDeerparkBuilding1997
Kellogg, The, HouseCornwallBuilding2001
Knox Headquarters NHLVails GateBuilding1972
LeDoux/Healey HouseCornwallBuilding1982
Lower Dock Hill Road Stone Arch BridgeCornwall-on-HudsonStructure2010
Mapes, Mortimer L., House & Seward HomesteadFloridaBuilding2011
Maple LawnBalmvilleBuilding1984
McDowell, Thomas, HouseNew WindsorBuilding2004
Mill HouseNewburghBuilding1973
Miller, Johannes, HouseMontgomeryBuilding1980
Milliken-Smith FarmMontgomeryBuilding2009
Millspaugh, Glibert, HouseWaldenBuilding2005
Moffat LibraryWashingtonvilleBuilding1994
Montgomery Water Works BuildingMontgomeryBuilding2005
Montgomery Worsted MillsMontgomeryBuilding1980
Montgomery-Grand-Liberty Streets Historic DistrictNewburghDistrict1973
Morehouse, Jeremiah, HouseWarwickBuilding2006
Mould, Moses, HouseMontgomeryBuilding2002
Mountainville Grange Hall (Additional Documentation)CornwallBuilding1996
Neversink Valley Grange No. 1530HuguenotBuilding2013
New Windsor CantonmentNew WindsorSite1972
New York State ArmonyNewburghBuilding1981
New York, Ontario & Western Railway Company Middletown StationMiddletownBuilding2014
Newburgh Colored Burial GroundCity of NewburghSite2010
Old Town Cemetery and Palatine Church SiteNewburghDistrict2000
Oliver Avenue BridgeMiddletownStructure1984
Olivet ChapelGoshenBuilding2010
Orange Mill Historic DistrictNewburghDistrict1997
Paramount TheatreMiddletownBuilding2002
Parry HouseHighland FallsBuilding1982
Patchett HouseMontgomeryBuilding1980
Patton, James "Squire," HouseNew WindsorBuilding2008
PeachcroftMontgomeryBuilding1995
Pelton, Gideon, FarmMontgomeryBuilding1995
Piggot, Patrick, HouseCornwallBuilding1998
Pine TerraceHighland FallsBuilding1982
Powelton ClubBalmvilleSite1999
Primitive Baptist Church of BrookfieldSlate HillBuilding1976
Randel, Culver House and MillFloridaBuilding1998
Rest HavenMonroeBuilding2017
River View HouseCornwallBuilding1982
Rushmore Memorial LibraryHighland MillsBuilding2008
Sands-Ring HouseCornwallBuilding1996
Sawyer FarmhouseGoshenBuilding2005
Scribner HouseCornwallBuilding1996
Seward, William Henry, MemorialFloridaObject1999
Shafer, Jacob, HouseMontgomeryBuilding1996
Shorter HouseCrawfordBuilding1998
Smith Clove MeetinghouseHighland MillsBuilding1974
Smith House, TheMontgomeryBuilding1996
Southfield Furnace RuinMonroeSite1973
Squirrels, TheHighland FallsBuilding1982
St. Andrew's CemeteryWaldenSite2008
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church & RectoryWaldenBuilding2008
St. Mark's Baptist ChurchVillage of Highland FallsBuilding2004
St. Mark's Episcopal ChurchFort MontgomeryBuilding1982
St. Thomas Episcopal ChurchNew WindsorBuilding2006
Sterling Mountain Fire Observation Tower and Observer's CabinGreenwood LakeStructure2006
Stone, Gen. John Hathorn, HouseWarwickBuilding2001
StonihurstHighland FallsBuilding1982
Storm King HighwayHighlandsStructure1982
Sugar Loaf Historic DistrictSugar LoafDistrict2024
Sutherland, Daniel, HouseCornwallBuilding1996
Sutherland, David, HouseCornwallBuilding1996
Taylor-Corwin HousePine bushBuilding2005
Tears, John, InnWallkillBuilding1997
Thompson, Alexander, HouseCrawfordBuilding1997
Thompson, Andrew, FarmsteadPine BushBuilding2005
Thompson, Robert A., HouseCrawfordBuilding1998
Tuxedo ParkTuxedo ParkDistrict1980
Tuxedo Park Railroad StationTuxedoBuilding2000
Tweddle FarmsteadMontgomeryBuilding1999
US Bullion Depository, West Point, New YorkWest PointBuilding1988
US Post Office-GoshenGoshenBuilding1989
US Post Office-NewburghNewburghBuilding1989
US Post Office-Port JervisPort JervisBuilding1989
Union ChapelCornwall-on-HudsonBuilding2012
Union Street-Academy Hill Historic DistrictMontgomeryDistrict1980
United States Military Academy NHLWest PointDistrict1966
Upland LawnCornwallBuilding1996
Van Duzer-Sayer, Mary, HouseCornwallBuilding1996
Village of Monroe Historic DistrictMonroeDistrict1998
Walden United Methodist ChurchWaldenBuilding2008
Walden, Jacob T., Stone HouseWaldenBuilding2002
Walsh, A., Stone House and Farm ComplexCornwallBuilding2001
Walsh-Havemeyer HouseNew WindsorBuilding2010
Waring, Daniel, HouseMontgomeryBuilding1995
Warwick Village Historic DistrictWarwickDistrict1984
Washington's Headquarters NHLNewburghBuilding1966
Webb Lane HouseHighland FallsBuilding1982
Wisner, George T., HouseGoshenBuilding2005
Wood, Wilford, HouseMountainvilleBuilding1998
Woodlawn FarmSlate HillBuilding2008
Woodruff HouseCornwall-on-HudsonBuilding1996
Wyant-Talbot HouseCornwall-on-HudsonBuilding1996
Yelverton Inn and StoreChesterBuilding1980

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Orange was formed in 1683 (1683-11-01) from unknown / original county.

ORANGE created from non-county area in New York.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Orange County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

401k210k18k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
18,49229,35541,21350,73963,81288,220103,859119,844140,113152,255183,734259,603341,367401,310

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

85 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 85 listed
NameLatLon
Agudath Achim Cemetery41.38868-74.68358
Belknap Cemetery41.50699-74.08253
Berea Cemetery41.53111-74.17623
Beth Shalom Cemetery41.30397-74.38182
Brick Church Cemetery41.53162-74.25165
Bull Cemetery41.44147-74.17625
Calvary Cemetery41.48728-74.02124
Cedar Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum41.57203-73.98597
Cemetery of the Highlands41.35429-74.11835
Chester Cemetery41.35252-74.27431
Circleville Cemetery41.51555-74.38493
Coffey Cemetery41.31725-74.12189
Coleman Cemetery41.39899-74.23608
Community Cemetery41.32222-74.18306
Congregation Agudas Israel Cemetery41.47575-74.0312
Cosman Cemetery41.58238-74.00423
Crawford Cemetery41.57474-74.33036
Denton Cemetery41.40665-74.40465
Edwards Cemetery41.41981-74.00736
Florida Cemetery41.33194-74.36126
Gate of Heaven Cemetery41.29489-74.17106
Germantown Cemetery41.51144-74.25225
Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery41.5186-74.20695
Greycourt Cemetery41.37786-74.24119
Hamptonburgh Cemetery41.43444-74.26028
Heard Cemetery41.3987-74.22487
Highland Cemetery41.55786-74.00125
Hillside Cemetery41.44318-74.42934
Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery41.44083-74.23583
Howell Cemetery41.58076-74.30576
Laurel Grove Cemetery41.36009-74.68905
Minisink Cemetery41.33043-74.54917
Mount Hope Plains Cemetery41.46509-74.53571
Norton Cemetery41.3936-74.23804
Old Brick Church Cemetery41.53271-74.24634
Old School Baptist Church Cemetery41.39045-74.4731
Old Town Cemetery41.50749-74.01
Peacedale Cemetery41.3661-73.96833
Pine Hill Cemetery41.48552-74.42049
Pine Hill Cemetery41.41859-74.43178
Pleasant Hill Cemetery41.4162-74.07403
Ridgebury Cemetery41.38805-74.45389
Riverside Cemetery41.52888-74.24309
Roe Cemetery41.33731-74.27015
Rossville Cemetery41.58908-74.06864
Sacred Heart Cemetery41.38304-73.98916
Saint Anastasia Catholic Cemetery41.30999-74.15361
Saint Columbus Cemetery41.37648-74.24765
Saint Davids Cemetery41.43925-74.20376
Saint Elizabeth Memorial Chapel Cemetery41.15451-74.22699
Saint Georges Cemetery41.49728-74.01442
Saint James Cemetery41.39798-74.31985
Saint John's Old Cemetery41.2736-74.15389
Saint Johns Cemetery41.39904-74.33477
Saint Joseph Cemetery41.45416-74.41083
Saint Josephs Cemetery41.3048-74.38187
Saint Mary's Cemetery41.43397-74.16209
Saint Marys Cemetery41.36528-74.68266
Saint Marys Cemetery41.52087-74.23718
Saint Marys In Tuxedo Church Cemetery41.19687-74.18533
Saint Patrick's Cemetery41.50194-74.0225
Saint Stanislaus Cemetery41.29721-74.46306
Saint Stephens Cemetery41.24979-74.34939
Saint Thomas Cemetery41.44261-74.03633
Seamanville Cemetery41.32564-74.17376
Sears Cemetery41.40203-74.19987
Seeley Cemetery41.35889-74.63096
Slate Hill Cemetery41.39786-74.31515
Sterling Cemetery41.17036-74.25876
Stewartstown Cemetery41.36537-74.48283
Temple Beth Jacob Cemetery41.50367-74.02453
Temple Sinai Cemetery41.50231-74.40027
Union Cemetery41.34807-73.97108
Union Cemetery41.38874-74.49526
Unionville Cemetery41.29916-74.56111
Veterans Memorial Cemetery41.40131-74.30031
Wallkill Cemetery41.43592-74.36293
Wallkill Valley Cemetery41.55925-74.16765
Warwick Cemetery41.24694-74.36664
Webb Cemetery41.39265-74.35674

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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