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Zena is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Ulster County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,038. Zena is in the Town of Woodstock on County Route 30. The community is northwest of Kingston. Zena is one of the more wealthy areas of this region, with the average home value above $300,000.
Its first post office opened in 1891. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,031 in 2010, 1,038 in 2020.
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The history of Ulster County, New York1907 · page 404Read the page →
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Jacob Montross seems to have built the first grist-mill of which there are now two or three others in the town. Among these are the old Disch Mill, near Woodstock village, and the Shufelt Mills at Zena. All these mills get their power from the Sawkill stream. There are also many steam saw-mills in the town, which are operated certain seasons of the year.
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