Cragsmoor, New York
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Hamlet (place)
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(and census-designated place
Census-designated place
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) in Ulster County
Ulster County, New York
Ulster County is a county located in the state of New York, USA. It sits in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. As of the 2010 census, the population was 182,493. Recent population estimates completed by the United States Census Bureau for the 12-month period ending July 1 are at...
, New York
New York
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, United States
United States
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. The population was 449 at the 2000 census.
Cragsmoor is located atop the Shawangunk Ridge
Shawangunk Ridge
The Shawangunk Ridge , also known as the Shawangunk Mountains or The Gunks, is a ridge of bedrock in Ulster County, Sullivan County and Orange County in the state of New York, extending from the northernmost point of New Jersey to the Catskill Mountains.The ridgetop, which widens considerably at...
, in the south part of the Town of Wawarsing
Wawarsing, New York
Wawarsing is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 13,157 at the 2010 census. The name means "a place where the stream bends" in the Warwarsink language and refers to the geography of the land; particularly the joining of the Ver Nooy Kill and the Rondout Creek. The...
. Sam's Point Preserve
Sam's Point Preserve
Sam's Point Preserve, or Sam's Point Dwarf Pine Ridge Preserve, is a 4,600-acre preserve in Ulster County on the highest point of the Shawangunk Ridge in New York. It is owned by the Open Space Institute and managed by The Nature Conservancy. Its unique environment features dwarf pine trees...
is near Cragsmoor.
Geography
Cragsmoor is located at 41°40′6"N 74°23′17"W (41.668298, -74.387962).According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of 4.4 square miles (11.4 km²), all land.
The center of town is about 1,800 feet (548.6 m) above sea level, much higher than neighboring communities such as Ellenville
Ellenville, New York
Ellenville is a village in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 4,135 at the 2010 census. The postal ZIP code is 12428. The telephone exchange is predominantly 647 and an overlaid 210 in the 845 area code.- Geography :...
and Walker Valley
Walker Valley, New York
Walker Valley is a hamlet located in the western part of the Town of Shawangunk in Ulster County, New York, U.S., generally thought of as coterminous with the 12588 ZIP code. The population was 758 at the 2000 census....
.
As a whole, the hamlet has a wooded, rustic ambience. Most homes are rather modest and old, but sit on large lots with many tall shade trees. There are also many large undeveloped woodlots, and thus property values in Cragsmoor are higher than in the rest of Wawarsing. Other than the post office
Post office
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, there is no business district to speak of.
In 1996 the 3620 acres (14.6 km²) comprising much of the hamlet's center were added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
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as the Cragsmoor Historic District
Cragsmoor Historic District
The Cragsmoor Historic District includes most of that hamlet atop the Shawangunk Ridge in the Town of Wawarsing, part of Ulster County, New York, USA. It is roughly bounded by Henry, Cragsmoor and Sam's Point roads, a Y-shaped area of 3,620 acres...
, due to buildings designed by Bert Goldsmith and Frederick S. Dellenbaugh.
The Long Path
Long Path
The Long Path is a long-distance hiking trail beginning at the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, New Jersey and currently ending at Altamont, New York, in the Albany area...
hiking trail passes through the center of town on its way to Sam's Point.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
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of 2000, there were 474 people, 189 households, and 137 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density
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was 108.5 per square mile (41.9/km²). There were 257 housing units at an average density of 58.8/sq mi (22.7/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.09% White, 0.84% Native American, 1.48% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 3.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.85% of the population.
There were 189 households out of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.3% were married couples
Marriage
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living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.5% were non-families. 20.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.92.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 23.2% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 31.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $64,500, and the median income for a family was $56,250. Males had a median income of $42,250 versus $55,556 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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for the CDP was $22,712. About 9.4% of families and 11.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.
Notable residents
- Dave CockrumDave CockrumDavid Emmett Cockrum was an American comic book artist known for his co-creation of the new X-Men characters Nightcrawler, Storm, and Colossus...
, X-MenX-MenThe X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
illustrator lived here for much of the 1980s and 90s.