Ridgebury, New York

Last updated February 18, 2019

Ridgebury, New York is one of the eight Hamlets in the town of Wawayanda, New York. The hamlet and its township are located in Orange County, New York, approximately 65 miles north of New York City.

Wawayanda is a town in Orange County, New York, in the United States. The population was 7,266 as recorded by the 2010 census. The town of Wawayanda is in the western part of the county, south of Middletown.

Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 372,813. The county seat is Goshen. This county was first created in 1683 and reorganized with its present boundaries in 1798.

The community's name originally was spelled "Ridgeberry", so named for the berries which grew on the ridge upon which the town site is located.^[1]^[2]

In the spring of 2008, the area's natural bodies of water, including Catlin Creek and Ridgebury Lake, were infested with groups of Northern snakehead, a highly predatory fish that has recently been found unintentionally spreading around the United States. In Ridgebury, the snakeheads have been removed with poisoning by the DEC, and all water has been restocked with native species.^[3]

The northern snakehead is a species of snakehead fish native to China, Russia, North Korea, and South Korea, ranging from the Amur River to Hainan. It has been introduced to other regions, where it is considered invasive. In Europe, the first report of the species was from Czechoslovakia in 1956. In the United States, the fish is considered to be a highly invasive species. In a well-known incident, several were found in a pond in Crofton, Maryland, in June 2002, which led to major media coverage and two movies.

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References

↑ Eager, Samuel Watkins (1846). An Outline History of Orange County: Together with Local Tradition and Short Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers, Etc. T. E. Henderson. p. 415.
↑ Headley, Russel (1908). The History of Orange County, New York. Van Deusen and Elms. p. 456.
↑ "DEC restocks Ridgebury Lake, Snakeheads removed; food chain restored", 23, Oct. 2009, Times Herald-Record, Heather Yakin

Coordinates: 41°23′11″N74°27′13″W / 41.38639°N 74.45361°W / 41.38639; -74.45361

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[1] Eager, Samuel Watkins (1846). An Outline History of Orange County: Together with Local Tradition and Short Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers, Etc. T. E. Henderson. p. 415.

[2] Headley, Russel (1908). The History of Orange County, New York. Van Deusen and Elms. p. 456.

[3] "DEC restocks Ridgebury Lake, Snakeheads removed; food chain restored", 23, Oct. 2009, Times Herald-Record, Heather Yakin

v t e Municipalities and communities of Orange County, New York, United States
County seat: Goshen
Cities	Middletown Newburgh Port Jervis
Towns	Blooming Grove Chester Cornwall Crawford Deerpark Goshen Greenville Hamptonburgh Highlands Minisink Monroe Montgomery Mount Hope New Windsor Newburgh Tuxedo Wallkill Warwick Wawayanda Woodbury
Villages	Chester Cornwall-on-Hudson Florida Goshen Greenwood Lake Harriman Highland Falls Kiryas Joel Maybrook Monroe Montgomery Otisville South Blooming Grove Tuxedo Park Unionville Walden Warwick Washingtonville Woodbury
CDPs	Balmville Beaver Dam Lake Central Valley Firthcliffe Fort Montgomery Gardnertown Highland Mills Mechanicstown Mountain Lodge Park New Windsor Orange Lake Pine Bush Salisbury Mills Scotchtown Vails Gate Walton Park Washington Heights West Point
Other hamlets	Amity Arden Bellvale Bullville Carpenter's Point Circleville Coldenham Howells Huguenot Johnson Little Britain Michigan Corners Mountainville New Hampton New Vernon Pine Island Port Orange Ridgebury Saint Andrew Scotts Corner Slate Hill South Centerville Sparrow Bush Sugar Loaf Thompson Ridge Westbrookville Westtown