Poughkeepsie
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| Mayor | John C. Tkazyik | |
| Area –Land –Water | 5.14 Square Miles km² km² km² | |
| Population –Total (as of Aug. 2008) –Density | 30,498 /km² | |
| Time zone –Summer (DST) | ET (UTC-5) (UTC) | |
| Latitude Longitude | __°__' __°__' | |
| Official website: http://www.cityofpoughkeepsie.com/ | ||
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[edit] Introduction
Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States is about 2 hours' drive by car or train ride north of New York City. It is the county seat of Dutchess County.
IBM has a big presence there, as does Vassar College.
[edit] Economy
[edit] Other places named Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie shares its common abbreviation, PGH, with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
[edit] See also
Subject-specific pages that have been started or that we hope will soon be written about Poughkeepsie
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- Attractions
- Bargains (Where can frugal people buy cheaply?)
- Children's activities
- Churches
- Climate
- Current events
- Downtown (Or CBD or "City centre")
- Food and drink
- Geography (Rivers, mountains, suburbs, localities)
- Government ("Who ya gonna call" if there's a fountain flooding the road?)
- History
- Hospitals (And other medical resources?)
- Industry
- Media (TV, radio, newspapers)
- Museums
- Music
- Natives (Locally or nationally famous people born in Poughkeepsie)
- Organisations (Clubs, NGOs, societies, charities)
- Pioneers (Who came first?)
- Prominent people (Which residents have been in the public eye?)
- Restaurants
- Schools
- Sport
- Sustainability (Environment and conservation)
- Tertiary education
- Theatres
- Transportation (Bus, cycleway, ferry, motorway, taxi-cab, train)
- Trivia (nicknames, slogan, symbols?)
- Utilities (Electricity, gas, phone, water)
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