Newburgh, New York, a city in Orange County. It is on the west bank of the Hudson River about 60 miles (97 km) north of New York City. Newburgh is the market center for a dairying and fruit-raising region. Textiles are its main product.
In 1709 Germans from the Rhenish Palatinate settled on the site and named it Palatine Parish. In 1752 English and Scottish settlers adopted the present name. During the Revolutionary War Washington had his headquarters in the Hasbrouck House in Newburgh from 1782 to 1783, and here he disbanded his army. The house is now a museum. Newburgh was one of the first cities to adopt the council-manager form of government (1916) and one of the first to fluoridate its water supply (1945).
Population: 28,259.
