Orange County, New York
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Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 401,310. The county seat is Goshen.[4] This county was first created in 1683 and reorganized with its present boundaries in 1798.[5] The county is part of the Hudson Valley region of the state.
Orange County | |
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Coordinates: 41°24′N 74°19′W | |
Country | United States |
State | New York |
Founded | November 1, 1683; 340 years ago (1683-11-01)[lower-alpha 1] |
Named for | William III of Orange |
Seat | Goshen |
Largest town | Palm Tree[1] |
Government | |
• County Executive | Steven M. Neuhaus (R) |
Area | |
• Total | 839 sq mi (2,170 km2) |
• Land | 812 sq mi (2,100 km2) |
• Water | 27 sq mi (70 km2) 3.2% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 401,310[2] |
• Estimate (2023)[3] | 407,470 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Area code | 845 |
Congressional district | 18th |
Website | www |
Orange County is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown metropolitan statistical area,[6] which belongs to the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY–NJ–CT–PA Combined Statistical Area.
As of the 2010 census the center of population of the state of New York was located in Orange County, approximately 3 mi (4.8 km) west of the hamlet of Westbrookville.[7]