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History · Spackenkill

12% of Spackenkill’s homes were built before 1940

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What stands out about Spackenkill’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 Spackenkill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Spackenkill’s homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Spackenkill’s history is told.

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The story so far

Spackenkill, in brief

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

Spackenkill () 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, …

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 4,123 to 4,223 (+2%).

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

By decade

Spackenkill, decade by decade

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A residential road in2019A residential road inNY 113 in Spackenkill 20142014NY 113 in Spackenkill 2014Untitled photo2012Untitled photo
Famous people

Famous people close to Spackenkill

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

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Lee MillerAmerican photographer and photojournalist · b. 1907
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Tyler AdamsAmerican soccer player · b. 1999
Tom HollandAmerican scriptwriter and director · b. 1943
Bill DukeAmerican actor and director · b. 1943
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Charlie PlummerAmerican actor · b. 1999
Elisa DonovanAmerican actress · b. 1971
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Red Oaks MillIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikimedia Commons (3). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.