North Highlands, New York
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North Highlands, New York | |
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 View south from Breakneck Ridge in North Highlands | |
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| Coordinates: 41°27′40″N 73°55′00″W / 41.46111°N 73.91667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Putnam |
| Town | Philipstown |
| Elevation | 417 ft (127 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,356[a] |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 10516 |
| Area code | 845 |
| GNIS feature ID | 942492 [1] |
North Highlands (sometimes referred to as North Highland, or Davenport's Corners historically[2]) is a hamlet in Putnam County, New York which consists of the northernmost portions of Philipstown in the Hudson Highlands. Like the adjacent village of Nelsonville, it shares a ZIP Code and school district with nearby Cold Spring.
North Highlands was part of the Philipse Patent, a royal patent granted to Adolphus Philipse in 1697. Upon his son's death in 1751, much of what is now North Highlands was inherited by his daughter Mary Philipse who was a Loyalist during the American Revolution and had her land confiscated by the state.[3]
One of the earliest homes in the area was that of David Hustis built in 1730.[4]
North Highlands Cemetery is located along Route 9 and has gravestones dating from the early 1800s to the present day.
There was a schoolhouse in the area in the 1920s.[5]
The North Highlands Fire Organizing Committee was founded in 1968 and eventually lead to the creation of the North Highlands Fire District.[6] The first firehouse was completed in 1972[7] on land donated by the local KCOR radio station[8] and a new building was constructed in the early 2010s on the same location.
