Spackenkill, New York
Spackenkill, New York | |
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Residential area in Spackenkill, December 2019 | |
Location of Spackenkill, New York | |
| Coordinates: 41°39′33″N 73°54′52″W / 41.65917°N 73.91444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Dutchess |
| Town | Poughkeepsie |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.80 sq mi (4.66 km2) |
| • Land | 1.80 sq mi (4.65 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 175 ft (53 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 4,223 |
| • Density | 2,349.7/sq mi (907.23/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 12601, 12603 (Poughkeepsie) |
| Area code | 845 |
| FIPS code | 36-70035 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1867420 |
Spackenkill (/ˈspækənˌkɪl/) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Dutchess County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Spackenkill had a population of 4,223. It is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area.
Spackenkill is in the town of Poughkeepsie. Children in the community, if they attend public school, go to the Spackenkill Union Free School District. An IBM plant is also located in this community, and many of its employees live in Spackenkill. Several informal neighborhoods exist within the Spackenkill community such as Hagantown, Nassau, King George, Beechwood, Crown Heights, and Kingwood Park. These neighborhoods contain some of the schools of the Spackenkill School District.