Pine Bush, New York

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Pine Bush is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the Town of Crawford, in Orange County, New York, USA, roughly coterminous with the 12566 ZIP code and 744 telephone exchange in the 845 area code (both of which spill over into adjacent regions of the Town of Shawangunk in Ulster County (Another regional identifier, the Pine Bush Central School District, takes in part of the Town of Mamakating in Sullivan County as well). The population was 1,539 at the 2000 census.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Industry and Business
4 UFO's
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Pine Bush, NY 12566

Pine Bush is located at 41°36′32″N, 74°17′55″W (41.608823, -74.298726)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.4 km² (2.1 mi²), all land.

Pine Bush is on the border of Ulster County, New York and Orange County. The Shawangunk Kill, a small river, marks this boundary.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 1,539 people, 612 households, and 411 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 283.0/km² (734.4/mi²). There were 654 housing units at an average density of 120.2/km² (312.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.74% White, 0.78% African American, 0.06% Native American, 1.17% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 1.04% from other races, and 2.14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.09% of the population.

There were 612 households out of which 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.2% were married couples living together, 14.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families. 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 27.9% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 85.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $47,679, and the median income for a family was $55,815. Males had a median income of $38,203 versus $30,577 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $22,626. About 4.3% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.2% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.

Downtown Pine Bush

[edit] Industry and Business

A railroad branch line terminated in Pine Bush from the late 1800s until the 1970s. Former industries included dairy farming and textiles, both of which have significantly reduced in importance with the closing of the creamery (now no longer existent) and the single textile factory. Currently, the Pine Bush Central School District is one of the largest employers, with four elementary, two middle, and one high school being located in the town. Pine Bush Central schools, is also the largest by political boundary in Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties. Other current industries include industrial equipment distribution, construction, and some farming . Pine Bush has a downtown retail district and a retail "strip" on one edge of town.

[edit] UFO's

Pine Bush has a reputation among people who believe that extraterrestrials have visited Earth as one of the locations which has supposedly been repeatedly visited. This reputation began in the mid-1980's when a number of UFO sightings were made in the Hudson Valley region of New York. While mentioned in some of reports, Pine Bush was not a prominent location in these sightings most of which were further east in Westchester and Putnam Counties.

However an author, Ellen Crystall, published a book Silent Invasion in 1991 in which she identified Pine Bush as the center of a series of UFO visitations going back over the last decade. The book sold well among believers in UFO's and the town began to receive visitors interested in the subject.

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