ORANGE COUNTY 

 This county lies in the southeastern part of the state between 

 the Hudson River and the state of New Jersey. Its area is 

 533,700 acres; its extent from north to south is approximately 

 32 miles and from east to west 35 miles. The population is 

 distributed as follows: 



Middletown (city) 

 Xewburgh (city | . 

 Port Jervis (city I 

 Blooming Grove . 



Chester. 



Cornwall 



Crawford 



Deer.park 



Goshen* 



Greenville 



Hamptonburg . . . 



Highlands 



Minisink 



Population by Cities* and Townships 



(Census of 1915) 

 16, 3S1 Monroe 



27,876 

 9,413 

 2,116 

 2,135 

 5,110 

 1,693 

 1,753 

 5,310 

 836 

 1,184 

 4,054 

 1,405 



Montgomery . 

 Mount Hope . 

 Xewburgh . . . 

 Xew Windsor 



Tuxedo 



Wallkill .... 

 Warwick .... 

 Wawayanda . 

 Woodbury . . . 



Total 



2,888 

 8,017 

 1,589 

 4,807 

 2,745 

 3,636 

 2,803 

 8,113 

 1,954 

 2,300 



118, 118 



* Goshen, in the town of Goshen, is the county seat. 



Note: Middletown has at present a population of 18,000; Xewburgh, 

 30,000; Port Jervis, 10.000. 



HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 



Orange is one of the original counties formed in 1GS3. It was 

 named in honor of William, Prince of Orange, nephew and 

 son-in-law of James II. Rockland was afterward taken over 

 and a portion of Ulster added. The first settlements are supposed 

 to have been made by the Dutch, soon after the first occupation 

 of Manhattan Island. These settlements were broken up and no 

 record is left of them. 



Among the later arrivals were Dutch, French Huguenots, and 

 English, nearly all seeking liberty in the wilderness. Germans 

 and Scotch also occupied portions of the county. 



The first patent issued was the Minisink Patent in 1097, 

 embracing the greater part of the county lying on the Shawangunk 

 Mountains and a considerable portion of Sullivan. Three other 

 patents were afterward granted. The boundaries of which were 



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