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The Town of New Paltz contains a village also with the name New Paltz . The town is located in the northern part of the county and is south of Kingston, New York . The Mohonk Preserve is in the western part of New Paltz. HISTORY The Town of New Paltz was founded in 1678 by both patent and purchase from the local natives. The first settlers included Huguenot refugees from Mannheim in the German Palatinate , who settled around the Village of New Paltz and established their own local government. The size of the town increased from surrounding regions in 1775 and 1809. In 1842, part of New Paltz was removed to form the Town Of Esopus . More of New Paltz was removed in order to form the Towns of Rosendale (1844), Lloyd (1845), and Gardiner (1853). GEOGRAPHY According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 88.8 Km&2 (34.3 Mi&2 ). 87.8 km&2 (33.9 mi&2) of it is land and 1.0 km&2 (0.4 mi&2) of it is water. The total area is 1.14% water. The Wallkill River flows northward through the town, passing west of New Paltz village. The New York State Thruway ( Interstate 87 ) passes through the eastern part of the town. DEMOGRAPHICS As of the Census 2 of 2000, there were 12,830 people, 4,455 households, and 2,347 families residing in the town. The Population Density was 146.1/km&2 (378.4/mi&2). There were 4,679 housing units at an average density of 53.3/km&2 (138.0/mi&2). The racial makeup of the town was 82.16% White , 5.99% Black or African American , 0.20% Native American , 4.06% Asian , 0.05% Pacific Islander , 4.93% from Other Races , and 2.62% from two or more races. 8.22% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 4,455 households out of which 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.4% were Married Couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.3% were non-families. 31.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.99. In the town the population was spread out with 16.9% under the age of 18, 31.4% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females there were 86.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.0 males. The median income for a household in the town was $40,542, and the median income for a family was $55,537. Males had a median income of $38,250 versus $26,629 for females. The Per Capita Income for the town was $18,436. 18.6% of the population and 6.8% of families were below the Poverty Line . 8.9% of those under the age of 18 and 8.8% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. COMMUNITIES AND LOCATIONS IN THE TOWN OF NEW PALTZ
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