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Woodstock, New York
Town hall on NY 212
Town hall on NY 212
Woodstock, New York (New York)
Woodstock, New York
Woodstock, New York
Location within the state of New York
Coordinates: 42°2′26″N 74°7′44″W / 42.04056, -74.12889
Country United States
State New York
County Ulster
Area
 - Total 67. New York State Route 212 is a state highway located entirely within Ulster County. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous There are 62 counties in the State of New York. The first twelve counties in New York were created immediately after the British annexation of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam Ulster County is a County located in the state of New York, USA. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 9 sq mi (175. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 8 km²)
 - Land 67. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 5 sq mi (174. 8 km²)
 - Water 0. 4 sq mi (0. 9 km²)
Elevation 1,444 ft (440 m)
Population (2000)
 - Total 6,241
 - Density 92. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 5/sq mi (35. 7/km²)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 12498
Area code(s) 845
FIPS code 36-83052[1]
GNIS feature ID 0979655[2]

Woodstock is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight saving time ( DST UTC−4 is the Time offset used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada in winter and the North American Eastern Time Zone during The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Area code 845 is a State of New York Telephone Area code which serves the Hudson Valley counties of Rockland, Putnam, Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout Ulster County is a County located in the state of New York, USA. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The population was 6,241 at the 2000 census.

The Town of Woodstock is in the northern part of the county. Woodstock is northwest of Kingston, New York and lies within the borders of Catskill Park. Kingston is a City in Ulster County, New York, United States. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The Catskill Park is in the Catskill Mountains in New York in the United States.

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History

The first non-indigenous settler arrived around 1770. The Town of Woodstock was established in 1787. Later, Woodstock contributed some of its territory to form the Towns of Middletown (1789), Windham (1798), Shandaken (1804), and Olive (1853). This article is about the town in Delaware County For the city in Orange County see Middletown Orange County, New York Middletown Windham is a Town in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 1660 at the 2000 census Shandaken is a Town in Ulster County, New York, United States. Olive is a Town in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 4579 at the 2000 census

The Arts and Crafts Movement came to Woodstock around 1902, and, afterwards, Woodstock was always considered an active artist colony in the 19th and early 20th century, including playing host to numerous Hudson River School painters. The Arts and Crafts Movement was a British, Canadian, and American Aesthetic movement occurring in the last years of the 19th century and the The Hudson River School was a mid-19th century American art movement by a group of landscape painters whose aesthetic vision was influenced by Its reputation as an arts center contributed to the original Woodstock Festival's organizers planning their concert around the town. Such American painters as E. Charlton Fortune and Spencer Trask were known to use the Woodstock venue. E Charlton Fortune (1885 - 1969 was a famous California artist within the style of Impressionism. Spencer Trask was an American financier philanthropist and Venture capitalist.

The Woodstock Elgin Creamery was established in 1898 at a site now located on the corner of Maple Lane and Deanies Alley.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 67. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 9 square miles (175. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 8 km²), of which, 67. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 5 square miles (174. 8 km²) of it is land and 0. 4 square miles (0. 9 km²) of it (0. 53%) is water.

The north town line is the border of Greene County. Greene County is a County located in the US state of New York.

Demographics

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 6,241 people, 2,946 households, and 1,626 families residing in the town. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 92. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 5 people per square mile (35. 7/km²). There were 3,847 housing units at an average density of 57. 0/sq mi (22. 0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 94. 25% White, 1. 30% Black or African American, 0. 21% Native American, 1. 57% Asian, 0. 02% Pacific Islander, 0. 79% from other races, and 1. 87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 56% of the population.

There were 2,946 households out of which 21. 7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44. 2% were married couples living together, 7. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44. 8% were non-families. 35. 5% of all households were made up of individuals and 10. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 10 and the average family size was 2. 71.

In the town the population was spread out with 18. 0% under the age of 18, 3. 7% from 18 to 24, 23. 0% from 25 to 44, 38. 0% from 45 to 64, and 17. 3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 94. 7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93. 1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $49,217, and the median income for a family was $65,938. Males had a median income of $41,500 versus $33,672 for females. The per capita income for the town was $32,133. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 6. 9% of families and 10. 2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 8% of those under age 18 and 3. 9% of those age 65 or over.

Woodstock Music and Art

The town is famous for lending its name to the Woodstock Festival, actually held at Max Yasgur's dairy farm 43 miles (76 km) away in Bethel, New York in Sullivan County. Max B Yasgur (December 15 1919&mdashFebruary 9 1973 was an American Farmer, best known as the owner of the See also Bethel Pine Plains, New York Bethel is a Town in Sullivan County, New York, USA New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Sullivan County is a County located in the US state of New York.

The 1903 Byrdcliffe art colony is the nation's oldest Arts & Crafts colony. The Byrdcliffe Colony, also called the Byrdliffe Arts Colony or Byrdcliffe Historic District, was founded in 1902 near Woodstock New York by See also Artist collective An art colony or artists' colony is a place where creative practitioners live and interact with one It brought the first artists to Woodstock to teach and produce furniture, metal works, ceramics, weaving and established Woodstock's first painting school. Ceramics and ceramic art in the art world means artwork made out of clay bodies and fired to form a ceramic. This article describes textile weaving For other senses of this word see Weaving (disambiguation. Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e Byrdcliffe forever changed the cultural landscape of the Town of Woodstock. Cultural Landscapes have been defined by the World Heritage Committee as distinct geographical areas or properties uniquely "

In 1916, utopian philosopher and poet Hervey White built a "music chapel" in the woods. Utopia is a name for an ideal community taken from the title of a book written in 1516 by Sir Thomas More describing a fictional Island in the Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" It was the Maverick Concert Series, the beginning of what is now the oldest, continuous chamber music festival in America. Chamber music is a form of Classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber Composers such as Henry Cowel, John Cage, Robert Starrer and Peter Schickele created works that were premiered there. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> John Milton Cage Jr Johann Peter Schickele (born July 17 1935) is an American Composer, musical educator and parodist, best known for his comedy music Today, this hand-built concert hall with perfect acoustics, is a multi-starred attraction on the National Register of Historic Places with world-class musicians playing there from June to September. A concert hall is a cultural building which serves as performance venue chiefly for classical instrumental music Acoustics is the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of Sound, Ultrasound and Infrasound (all mechanical waves in gases liquids and solids The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of

The town is home to the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (WAAM), one of the oldest artists organizations. The WAAM Permanent Collection features work by important American artists associated with the region, including Milton Avery, George Bellows, Edward Leigh Chase, Frank Swift Chase, Marion Greenwood, Philip Guston, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and many others. Milton Avery ( March 7, 1885 &ndash January 3, 1965) was an American modern painter. George Wesley Bellows ( August 12 or August 19, 1882 - January 8, 1925) was an American painter, known for his Edward Leigh Chase (1884-1965 was an American painter and Illustrator, and an early member of the Byrdcliffe experiment which gave rise Frank Swift Chase ( 12 March 1886 - 27 July 1958) was an American Post-Impressionist Landscape painter and a founder Philip Guston ( June 27, 1913 &ndash June 7, 1980) was a notable painter and Printmaker in the New York School Yasuo Kuniyoshi ( 1 September 1893 - 14 May 1953) was an American painter photographer and printmaker born in Okayama, WAAM founders were John Carlson, Frank Swift Chase, Andrew Dasburg, Carl Lindin, and Henry Lee McFee. Frank Swift Chase ( 12 March 1886 - 27 July 1958) was an American Post-Impressionist Landscape painter and a founder Andrew Michael Dasburg ( May 4, 1887 &ndash August 13, 1979) was an American Modernist painter and "one of America's leading Henry Lee McFee (1886 &ndash 1953 was a pioneer American Cubist painter and a prominent member of the Woodstock artists colony The Art Students League of New York's summer school was in Woodstock for nearly fifteen years from 1906 until 1922, and again after the end of World War II from 1947 until 1979. The Art Students League of New York is an Art school located on West 57th Street in New York City. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Woodstock School of Art has been operating since 1980.

The Woodstock Guild, also founded by Byrdcliffe artists in 1939 is now the steward of the 350-acre Byrdcliffe Colony. It is a multicultural organization which sponsors exhibitions, classes, concerts, dance and theatre events and runs the oldest craft shop in Woodstock, the Fleur de Lis Gallery, which features over 60 artists. The term multiculturalism generally refers to a state of racial, cultural and ethnic diversity within the Demographics of a specified The fleur-de-lys (or fleur-de-lis, plural fleurs-de-lis ˌfləː(rdəˈliː (ˌfləː(rdəˈlɪs in Quebec) translated from French as "lily Byrdcliffe is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a haven for today's artists.

Famous Inhabitants

The town has long been a mecca for artists, musicians, and writers, even before the music festival made the name "Woodstock" famous. The town has a separate "Artist's Cemetery". Film and art festivals attract big names, and hundreds of musicians have come to Woodstock to record. The list below contains the names of significant artists who actually lived (or still currently live) in the town.

Musicians

Artists

Writers

Actors

Others

Local communities and landmarks

See also

References

  1. ^ a b American FactFinder. See also Artist collective An art colony or artists' colony is a place where creative practitioners live and interact with one The Byrdcliffe Colony, also called the Byrdliffe Arts Colony or Byrdcliffe Historic District, was founded in 1902 near Woodstock New York by United States Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  2. ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes

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