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Port Jervis is a city on the Delaware River in western Orange County, New York, with a population of 8,828 at the 2010 census. The communities of Deerpark, Huguenot, Sparrowbush, and Greenville are adjacent to Port Jervis, and the towns of Montague, New Jersey and Matamoras, Pennsylvania face the city across the respective state borders. From late spring to early fall many thousands of travelers and tourists pass through Port Jervis on their way to enjoying rafting, kayaking, canoeing and other activities in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River and the surrounding area. Port Jervis 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. In August 2008, Port Jervis was named one of "Ten Coolest Small Towns" by ''Budget Travel'' magazine.〔Harrison, Karen Tina. ("10 Coolest Small Towns: Port Jervis" ). ''Budget Travel''. (September 2008). Retrieved January 13, 2011.〕 It is said that Point Peter/ Elks Brox Memorial Park was the inspiration for Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" (Local lore) ==Geography and transportation== Port Jervis is located on the north bank of the Delaware River at the point where: 1) the Neversink River – the Delaware's largest tributary – empties into the larger river; and 2) the Delaware makes a right turn to run south-southwest along Kittatinny Ridge Kittatinny Mountains – until reaching the Delaware Water Gap. A left turn through the Delaware Water Gap takes the Delaware River to continue on to Trenton, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Delaware Bay. Port Jervis is connected by the Mid-Delaware Bridge across the Delaware to Matamoras, Pennsylvania. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and (6.64%) is water. US 6, US 209, NY 42, and NY 97 (the "Upper Delaware Scenic Byway"〔("Upper Delaware Scenic Byway website )〕) pass through Port Jervis. Interstate 84 passes to the south. Port Jervis is the last stop on the Port Jervis Line, which is a commuter railroad service from Hoboken, New Jersey and New York City that is contracted to NJ Transit by the Metro-North Railroad of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The track itself continues on to Binghamton and Buffalo, but passenger service west of Port Jervis was discontinued in November 1966. 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「Port Jervis, New York」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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