Arlington, New York
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Poughkeepsie town. It lies in ZIP code area 12603. It stands on Fonteyn Kill. The Survey maps it on the Poughkeepsie quadrangle. 3,010 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 187 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1893 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 102 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1893 against another survey:
On record in Arlington
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Vassar College ObservatoryNational Historic Landmark · listed 1991 · 0.6 miles away
Main Building, Vassar CollegeNational Historic Landmark · listed 1973 · 0.6 miles away
Mader Houselisted 1982 · 0.8 miles away
Glebe Houselisted 1982 · 0.8 miles away
Poughkeepsie Almshouse and City Infirmarylisted 1978 · 0.9 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresArlington fell from 4,061 to 3,010 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,061 | |
| 2020 | 3,010 | -1,051 (-26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 35 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1893 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1936 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
615 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 615 fires within 5 miles of Arlington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 459 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 82 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 320 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 82 |
| Smoking | 70 |
| Natural | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Arlington: 23 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probably Borrow Pits of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material | Clay, Stone | Past Producer | Chert | |
| Sandstone Rock Quarry No. Hj-010 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Sandstone | |
| Granite Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Granite Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Quarry No. Hj-0. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | Chert | |
| Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | Chert | |
| Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | Chert | |
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arlington in 9 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Arlington | $10,000 | A member of the public reported cars are getting stuck in flood waters on Kingston Avenue and Arnold Blvd. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Arlington | - | A member of the public reported flooding along East Arnold Rd and Musselman Dr. via mPing. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arlington | - | Multiple trees and wires were downed near Arlington. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arlington | - | Powerlines, small trees and numerous large branches were downed. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arlington | - | A tree was downed on Route 115 at Underhill Road. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arlington | - | US 44 was closed east of Route 55 due to a downed tree. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arlington | - | Two large trees were downed. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arlington | - | Trees were reported down in St. Peter's Cemetery near the intersection of Salt Point Turnpike and Underhill Road in Poughkeepsie. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Arlington | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poughkeepsie | 1.3 miles | 35 | |
| Shady Brook | 1.7 miles | 34 | |
| Manchester Bridge | 1.8 miles | 34 | |
| MacDonnell Heights | 2.1 miles | 34 | |
| The Gables | 2.3 miles | 35 | |
| Fairview | 2.3 miles | 35 | |
| Titusville | 2.3 miles | 34 | |
| Hudson Heights | 2.3 miles | 35 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Arlington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q675521 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942561. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.













