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Fishkill is a village within the town of Fishkill in Dutchess County, New York, United States. Fishkill is a suburb of New York City. The village population was 2,171 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Fishkill village, New York )〕 It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. The village is in the eastern part of the town of Fishkill on U.S. Route 9. It is north of Interstate 84. NY 52 is the main street. ==History== Fishkill is located in the former territory of the Wappinger people. It was part of the Rombout Patent granted to Francis Rombouts, Gulian VerPlanck, and Stephanus Van Cortlandt of New Amsterdam in 1685. The name "Fishkill" evolved from two Dutch words, ''vis'' (fish) and ''kil'' (stream or creek). In 1714, Dutch immigrants settled in the area. The village of Fishkill was a significant crossroads in the overland transportation network in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Kings Highway, connecting Albany to New York City, intersected with a major overland route from New England to the Hudson River.〔(Village of Fishkill, A Brief History )〕 Among the first to occupy the land now within the village limits were Johannes Ter Boss and Henry Rosecrance.〔(WPA, ''Dutchess County'', American Guide Series, William Penn Association of Philadelphia, 1937 )〕 By 1716 the settlers wanted their own Dutch Reformed church so they would not have to cross the river to Kingston or New Paltz to worship. A congregation was established and the church building was finished in 1731. The first Dominie (minister) who arrived from the Netherlands in 1731 served churches in Poughkeepsie and Fishkill. The church was used as a military prison during the American Revolution. The fourth New York Provincial Congress met in the church in 1776, making Fishkill the state capital, until the Congress moved to Kingston in 1777.〔(Fishkill Reformed Church, Our History )〕 Fishkill became part of one of the largest colonial military encampments during the Revolutionary War. General Washington's aide-de-camp Alexander Hamilton took residence here. The Trinity Church, on Hopewell Avenue in the village, was organized in 1756 and the structure built in 1760. It was used as a hospital during the Revolutionary War.〔 In 1871, construction began for a schoolhouse on Church Street. The site used for the schoolhouse belonged to the Fishkill Reformed Church and was formerly used as pasture land for the pastor's cow.〔(Fishkill Elementary School )〕 ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land.〔 U.S. Route 9 leads north to Wappingers Falls, north to Poughkeepsie, and south to Peekskill. New York State Route 52 leads west to Beacon and east to the Taconic State Parkway in East Fishkill. Interstate 84 passes south of the village, with access from Exit 12 (NY 52 southwest of the village) and Exit 13 (US 9 south of the village). Via I-84 it is west to Newburgh across the Hudson and southeast to Danbury, Connecticut. New York City is to the south via the Taconic Parkway or New York State Thruway. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fishkill, New York」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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