Scotchtown, New York

Scotchtown, New York
Hamlet and CDP
Church and other buildings at the historic center of Scotchtown, at Scotchtown Road and Alvaran Ln
Location in Orange County and the state of New York.
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Coordinates: 41°28′N 74°22′W / 41.467°N 74.367°W / 41.467; -74.367
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Orange
Town	Wallkill
Area [1]
• Total	4.85 sq mi (12.56 km2)
• Land	4.84 sq mi (12.53 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation	722 ft (220 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	10,578
• Density	2,186.89/sq mi (844.31/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	10941
Area code	845
FIPS code	36-65882
GNIS feature ID	0964670

Scotchtown is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in the Town of Wallkill, in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 10,578 at the 2020 census. It has the ZIP Code 10941. The hamlet is located east of the City of Middletown. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area.

The Mills Industrial Park at 874 Silver Lake Scotchtown Road (41°28′39″N 74°21′49″W / 41.477525°N 74.36358°W / 41.477525; -74.36358 (Mills Industrial Park)) was the original planned location for the 1969 Woodstock Festival; however, after the Town of Walkill's board voted against holding the festival, it was moved to Bethel, where it was held less than a month later.^[2]