Salt Point, New York

Salt Point, New York
Census-designated place
Location of Salt Point, New York
Coordinates: 41°48′22″N 73°47′41″W / 41.80611°N 73.79472°W / 41.80611; -73.79472Coordinates: 41°48′22″N 73°47′41″W / 41.80611°N 73.79472°W / 41.80611; -73.79472
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Dutchess County
Town	Pleasant Valley
Area
• Total	0.83 sq mi (2.16 km2)
• Land	0.83 sq mi (2.15 km2)
• Water	0.004 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation	250 ft (80 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	190
• Density	229/sq mi (88.4/km2)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)

Salt Point is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Dutchess County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 190.^[1] It lies northeast of Poughkeepsie following New York Route 115, the Salt Point Turnpike. East of Salt Point, the Taconic State Parkway allows for access to many of the surrounding towns and communities, with easy travel to New York City. The area code is 845 and the exchange is COlfax6.

Parks and recreation

The following parks are located within the general Salt Point area:

• Helen Aldrich Park, part of the Pleasant Valley town recreation system of parks
• Frances J. Mark Memorial Park, located in Clinton
• Friends' Park, also in Clinton

Communities and locations around Salt Point

• Netherwood—A location southwest of Salt Point.
• Pleasant Valley—A hamlet southwest of Salt Point.
• Washington Hollow—A hamlet near the southeast town line. It was the former location of the Dutchess County Fair.
• Hibernia—A location east of Salt Point.

References

External links

• History of Salt Point, town of Pleasant Valley website

Municipalities and communities of Dutchess County, New York, United States
County seat: Poughkeepsie
Cities	Beacon Poughkeepsie
Towns	Amenia Beekman Clinton Dover East Fishkill Fishkill Hyde Park LaGrange Milan North East Pawling Pine Plains Pleasant Valley Poughkeepsie Red Hook Rhinebeck Stanford Union Vale Wappinger Washington
Villages	Fishkill Millbrook Millerton Pawling Red Hook Rhinebeck Tivoli Wappingers Falls
CDPs	Amenia Arlington Brinckerhoff Crown Heights Dover Plains Fairview Freedom Plains Haviland Hillside Lake Hopewell Junction Hyde Park Merritt Park Myers Corner Pine Plains Pleasant Valley Red Oaks Mill Rhinecliff Salt Point Spackenkill Staatsburg Titusville
Other hamlets	Annandale-on-Hudson Barrytown Boston Corner‡ Chelsea LaGrangeville Linden Acres Lithgow Mabbettsville New Hamburg Pleasant Plains Quaker Hill Shekomeko Silvernails Sylvan Lake Van Keurens Verbank Wassaic
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties