Dutchess County Historical Society
P. O. Box 88 Poughkeepsie, NY 12602
Phone: (845) 471-1630
e-mail dchistorical@earthlink.net
www.dutchesscountyhistoricalsociety.org/

Historical Societies of Dutchess County

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Amenia Historical Society
P.O. Box 22 Amenia, NY 12501
http://ameniany.gov/Orgs/AHS/index.html

Beacon Historical Society
P.O. Box 89 Beacon, NY 12508
http://beaconhistoricalsociety.org

Beekman Historical Society
PO Box 235 Poughquag, NY  12570
http://beekmanhistory.com 

Clinton Historical Society
P.O. Box 122 Clinton Corners, NY 12514

Dover Historical Society
N. Nellie Hill Road Dover Plains, NY 12522
http://townofdoverny.us/Town_History.cfm

East Fishkill Historical Society
P.O. Box 245 Hopewell Junction, NY 12533

Fishkill Historical Society
P.O. Box 133 Fishkill, NY 12524

Hyde Park Historical Society
P.O. Box 182 Hyde Park, NY 12538

LaGrange Historical Society
P.O. Box 112 LaGrangeville, NY 12540

Little Nine Partners Historical Society
P.O. Box 243 Pine Plains, NY 12567
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nylnphs/V0/index.htm

North East Historical Society
P.O. Box 727 Millerton, NY 12546

Historical Society of Quaker Hill and Pawling, Inc.
P.O. Box 99 Pawling, NY 12546

Pleasant Valley Historical Society
P.O. Box 309 Pleasant Valley, NY 12569
http://pleasantvalley-ny.gov/history/historical-society.php

Egbert Benson Historical Society of Red Hook
P.O. Box 1813 Red Hook, NY 12571

Rhinebeck Historical Society
P.O. Box 291 Rhinebeck, NY 12572

Museum of Rhinebeck History
P.O. Box 816 Rhinebeck, NY 12572

Roosevelt/Vanderbilt Historical Association
P.O. Box 235 Hyde Park, NY 12538

Stanford Historical Society
P.O. Box 552 Bangall, NY 12506
Kathie Spiers at: lakeendinn@aol.com 

Union Vale Historical Society
P.O. Box 100 Verbank, NY 12585

Wappingers Historical Society
P.O. Box 974 Wappingers Falls, NY 1259
http://www.wappingershistoricalsociety.org

Town of Washington Historical Society
551 Route 343 Millbrook, NY 12545

Municipal Historians of Dutchess County

Dutchess County Historian:

Vacant

City Historians:

Beacon: Robert Murphy,

1 Municipal Plaza, Beacon 12508

Poughkeepsie: George Lukacs,
62 Civic Ctr. Plaza, Poughkeepsie 12601

Village and Town Historians:

•Amenia: Arlene Pettersen
82 Separate Rd., Amenia 12501
ameniahistorian@mac.com

•Beekman: Thom Usher
96 Hillside Road, Poughquag 12570
beekmanhistory@aol.com

• Clinton: Craig Marshall
1375 Centre Road, Rhinebeck 12572

• Dover: Donna Hearn
126 E. Duncan Hill Rd., Dover Plains 12522
historian@townofdover.us

• East  Fishkill: Dave Koehler
330 Rte.376, Hopewell Jct. 12533

• Fishkill (Town): Willa Skinner
807 Rte. 52, Fishkill 12524

• Fishkill (Village): Karen Hitt,
91 Main Street, Fishkill 1252

• Hyde Park: Carney Rhinevault,
4383 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park 12538

• LaGrange: Georgia Herring-Trott
120 Stringham Rd., LaGrangeville 12540

• Milan: Patrick Higgins
Milan Town Hall, 20 Wilcox Circle, Milan 12571

• Millbrook: David Greenwood
510 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, 12545

• Millerton (Town and Village):
North East Historical Society
PO Box 727, Millerton 12546

• North East:
North East Historical Society
PO Box 727, Millerton 12546

• Pawling (Town): Robert Reilly
160 Charles Colman Blvd., Pawling. 12564

• Pawling (Village): Drew Nicholson
18 Valley Drive, Pawling 12564

• Pine Plains: Little Nine Partners Historical Society
PO Box 243 Pine Plains 12567

 • Pleasant Valley: Fred Schaeffer
Town Hall, 1554 Main Street, Pleasant Valley 12569

• Poughkeepsie (Town): Jean Murphy
1 Overocker Rd., Poughkeepsie 12603

• Red Hook (Town): J. Winthrop Aldrich
109 S. Broadway, Red Hook 12571

• Red Hook (Village) Richard Coon
34 Garden St., Red Hook 12571

• Rhinebeck (Town and Village): Nancy Kelly
80 E. Market St., Rhinebeck 12572

• Stanford: Dorothy Burdick
26 Town Hall Road, Stanfordville 12581

• Tivoli: Bernie Tieger,
96 Broadway, Tivoli 12583
village-books@webjogger.net

• Unionvale: Fran Wallin
249 Duncan Rd., LaGrangeville 12540

• Wappingers Falls (Town): Vacant

• Wappingers Falls (Village): Brenda Von Berg
Town Hall, 2 South Avenue, Wappingers Falls, 12590

• Washington: David Greenwood
10 Reservoir Drive, Millbrook 12545

 Information from: DC Historical Society (PDF)

Other Organizations

Dutchess County Genealogical Society
P.O.Box 708 Poughkeepsie, NY   12602
(845) 462-4168 (LDC Library)
website: www.dcgs-gen/org

Sadie Peterson Delaney African Roots Library
Family Partnership Center, Suite 281
29 North Hamilton Street Poughkeepsie, NY   12601
http://africanrootslibrary.tripod.com/

The One Room Schools of Dutchess County
Ann Linden at: Indianrockschool@aol.com

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