Poughkeepsie (town), New York

Poughkeepsie
Town
Town of Poughkeepsie
Clockwise from top left: Locust Grove, Stone Street Historic District, Vassar College, Red Oaks Mill
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Location of the town of Poughkeepsie, New York
Coordinates: 41°40′16″N 73°54′25″W / 41.67111°N 73.90694°W / 41.67111; -73.90694
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Dutchess
Government
• Type	Town Council
• Town Supervisor	Rebecca Edwards (D)
• Town Council	Members' List • W1: Jeff Renihan (R) • W2: William Carlos Jr. (R) • W3: Jessica Lopez (D) • W4: Michael Cifone (R) • W5: Matthew Woolever (D) • W6: Ann Shershin (D)
Area
• Total	31.2 sq mi (80.7 km2)
• Land	28.5 sq mi (73.9 km2)
• Water	2.6 sq mi (6.8 km2)
Elevation	230 ft (70 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	45,471
• Density	1,520/sq mi (586.9/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	12601-12604
Area code	845
FIPS code	36-59652
GNIS feature ID	0979393
Website	www.townofpoughkeepsie.com

Poughkeepsie (/pəˈkɪpsi/ pə-KIP-see),^[1] officially the Town of Poughkeepsie, is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 45,471. The name is derived from the native compound Uppuqui-ipis-ing, from Uppuqui (/uːˈpuːki/ oo-POO-kee) meaning "lodge-covered", plus ipis meaning "little water", plus ing meaning "place", all of which translates to "the reed-covered lodge by the little water place". This later evolved into Apokeepsing, then into Poughkeepsing, and finally Poughkeepsie.^[2]

The area includes a large IBM campus noted for its ongoing development and manufacturing of IBM mainframes.