Newburgh
a city of Orange co., N. Y.; on the Hudson river, and on the Erie, the West Shore, and the New York Central and Hudson River railroads; 60 miles N. of New York. The Hudson river here expands into Newburgh Bay, about 8 miles long and 2 miles wide.
The city is built on sloping ground rising 300 feet above river-level. It contains St. Luke's Hospital, a public library, Masonic Temple, an academy, tional and savings banks, Home for the Friendless, Home for Children, waterworks, and electric light and street railroad plants. It is a shipping point for grain, dairy products, flour, coal, etc.
It also has flour, cotton, woolen and plaster mills, tanneries, and manufactories of machinery, etc. Washington's Headquarters, an old stone mansion, with many relics of the Revolutionary War, is a noted attraction, and near by is a anique Trophy Memorial. The first settlement was made in 1709. Pop. (1910) 27,805; (1920) 32,779 NEWCASTLE