Ghent
Ghent is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States, with a ZIP code of 12075. The population was 5,303 at the 2020 census, down from the 2010 census population of 5,402. Ghent is centrally located in the county and is northeast of the city of Hudson.Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality with 564 residents
- Description: town in New York state
- Also known as: “Ghent, New York”, “Ghent, NY”, “Scompamuck”, and “Squampamock”
- Postal code: 12075
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chatham High School.
Chatham High School
School
Chatham High School is a rural secondary school in Chatham, Columbia County, New York. CHS is the sole High School operated by the Chatham Central School District. In 2006, CHS has 520 students in grades 9 to 12. In 2010 the enrollment was 451. Chatham High School is situated 2 miles north of Ghent.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ghent and Chatham.
Ghent
Village
Ghent is a census-designated place in the town of Ghent in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 477 at the 2022 survey, out of a total town population of 5,402.
Chatham
Town
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Chatham is a village in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 1,529 at the 2020 census. The village of Chatham is on the border between the towns of Chatham and Ghent. The village is at the junction of Routes 66 and 203. Chatham is situated 2½ miles northeast of Ghent.
Spencertown
Hamlet
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Spencertown is a hamlet in the town of Austerlitz, Columbia County, New York, United States. Its ZIP code is 12165. The Daniel and Clarissa Baldwin House, Pratt Homestead, Spencertown Academy, and St. Peter's Presbyterian Church and Spencertown Cemetery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Spencertown is situated 3½ miles east of Ghent.
Ghent
- Categories: town in the United States and town of New York
- Location: Town of Ghent, Columbia County, Mid-Hudson and Catskills, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Ghent” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غينت”
- Basque: “Ghent”
- Cebuano: “Ghent”
- Chechen: “Гент”
- Chinese: “Ghent”
- Chinese: “根特”
- Danish: “Ghent”
- Dutch: “Ghent”
- French: “Ghent”
- German: “Ghent”
- Haitian: “Ghent, New York”
- Haitian: “Ghent”
- Hebrew: “גנט”
- Hungarian: “Ghent”
- Indonesian: “Ghent, New York”
- Indonesian: “Ghent”
- Italian: “Ghent”
- Mazanderani: “جنت (نیویورک)”
- Mazanderani: “جنت”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ghent”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ghent”
- Norwegian: “Ghent”
- Polish: “Ghent”
- Russian: “Гент”
- Serbian: “Гент”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ghent, New York”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ghent”
- Spanish: “Ghent”
- Swedish: “Ghent, New York”
- Swedish: “Ghent”
- Tatar: “Гент”
- Turkish: “Ghent”
- Ukrainian: “Гент”
- Urdu: “گھینٹ، نیو یارک”
- Uzbek: “Ghent”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Buckleyville and Arnolds Mill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Columbia County Cemetery and Saint James Cemetery.
Columbia County: Must-Visit Destinations
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