New Paltz was founded in 1678 by French Huguenots settlers, it politically consists of theTown of New Paltz and Village of New Paltz
Coordinates 41°45′N 74°5′WCoordinates: 41°45′N 74°5′W
Highest point S village line near SE corner
- elevation 360 ft (110 m)
- coordinates 41°44′19″N 74°4′46″W
Lowest point Wallkill River at E village corner
- elevation 160 ft (49 m)
- coordinates 41°45′12″N 74°
5′39″W
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.6 km²), of which, 1.7 square miles (4.5 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (1.70%) is water. The Wallkill River runs north along the western border of New Paltz, flowing into the Rondout Creek and eventually the Hudson River. New Paltz in fiction
New Paltz was the place in which the character Penny Johnson (Cynthia Rhodes) got an abortion in the 1987 movie Dirty Dancing, which was set in the early 1960s.[2]
New Paltz is the place of residence for Zipporah and Tyler James in V.C. Andrews' book Secrets in the Shadows. In the television show Supernatural, Sam and Dean visit New Paltz in the episode entitled "Provenance", which is about a haunted antique painting. New Paltz appears as "Little Heart" in the 2013 novel "The Cusp of Sad" by Nikki Pison, set in the late 1980s punk scene. Area code 845
Exchanges 255, 256
Zip Code 12561
