Palenville, New York

Palenville is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in Greene County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 1,120.

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Hamlet - Census-designated place - Greene County, New York - 2000

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Palenville is in the southwest part of the Town of Catskill, located at the junction of Routes 23A and 32A. It sits at the foot of Kaaterskill Clove, nestled against the base of the Catskill Mountains. Kaaterskill Creek runs through the town, and is spanned by a locally famous swinging footbridge.

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Town of Catskill - Kaaterskill Clove - Catskill Mountains - Kaaterskill Creek - Swinging footbridge

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Palenville was an important center of the Hudson River school of art in the Nineteenth Century. Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, and other notable painters stayed and worked in Palenville during the height of the movement. The famous painting Kindred Spirits depicts Cole and William Cullen Bryant at the top of Kaaterskill Falls, just uphill from the town. The famous Catskill Mountain House was also located just outside Palenville. Palenville is also the fictional home of Rip van Winkle.

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Hudson River school - Nineteenth Century - Thomas Cole - Frederic Church - Kindred Spirits - William Cullen Bryant - Kaaterskill Falls - Catskill Mountain House - Rip van Winkle

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