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The Hamlet of Balmville
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Balmville is a hamlet in Orange County, NY and is located in the eastern part of the town of Newburgh. It is immediately north of, and adjoins, the city of Newburgh. |
Balmville is home to the Balmville Tree, New York's smallest state forest. The tree is one of three federally protected in the nation. It is called a "miracle tree" due to its age (over 300 years) for its species.
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The western terminus of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge is in Balmville. In fact, Interstate 84, which crosses the Bridge, bisects Balmville just south of the Powelton Club. Property had been taken from the Powelton Club for the construction of this highway, although not as much land was taken as occurred in the 1920s for the construction of U.S. Route 9W. The New York State Bridge Authority recently constructed parking lots on Grand Avenue to accommodate hikers who utilize the pedestrian crosspath on the Bridge.
Balmville has been a part of the Newburgh Enlarged City School District since consolidation in 1963. The original Balmville School building stood on what later became the Desmond Estate. When that building (which has long since been demolished) outgrew its space, it was replaced by a new building built on land donated by Warren Delano of the Delano family with funds donated by his daughter, Annie Delano-Hitch. Mrs. Hitch was a lifelong Balmville resident whose sister was Sara Delano Roosevelt, the mother of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This old elementary school building with a cornerstone indicating construction in 1897 is still standing today. It stands on what is now the northeast corner of U.S. Route 9W and Fostertown Road. (The current Route 9W was constructed in the late 1920s.) It is immediately north of the current elementary school, at the southeast corner of 9W and Fostertown Road, which was initially constructed in 1953-54, but was added onto many times since, most recently in 2007.
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