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History · Merritt Park

Half of Merritt Park’s homes were built after 2007

Most of Merritt Park was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2007. Below: maps from 1893 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Merritt Park’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Merritt Park are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18935 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1981. Watch Merritt Park change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Merritt Park’s history is told.

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On the map

Merritt Park on the map, 1893 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Merritt Park. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Merritt Park on the 1893 USGS mapMerritt Park on the 1903 USGS mapMerritt Park on the 1943 USGS mapMerritt Park on the 1957 USGS mapMerritt Park on the 1981 USGS map1893Poughkeepsie sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Merritt Park.

The story so far

Merritt Park, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Merritt Park yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Merritt Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Fishkill in Dutchess County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,647. The CDP is located in the eastern part of the town of Fishkill in southwestern Dutchess County. It is bordered to the west by the village of Fishkill, to the north by Fishkill Creek, to the southeast by 904-foot (276 m) Honness Mountain, and to the northeast by New York State Route 52. Merritt Boulevard is the main thoroughfare through the community, connecting NY 52 to the northeast with U.S. Route 9 in the southern part of Fishkill village.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,256 to 1,647 (+31%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Merritt Park

Nobody well known was born in Merritt Park itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Lee MillerAmerican photographer and photojournalist · b. 1907
James PattersonAmerican author · b. 1947
Geraldine FerraroAmerican politician · b. 1935
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Tyler AdamsAmerican soccer player · b. 1999
Robert MontgomeryAmerican actor · b. 1904
James ForrestalUnited States Navy officer and civil servant, U… · b. 1892
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

BrinckerhoffIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFishkill1 historic placeA−

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.