Wawarsing
Wawarsing is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 12,771 at the 2020 census. The name Wawarsing was once believed to mean "a place where the streams wind" in the Lenape language, referring to the geography in the hamlet of Wawarsing; specifically, the joining of the Ver Nooy Kill and the Rondout Creek at Port Ben.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 12,800 residents
- Description: town in Ulster County, New York, United States
- Also known as: “Warwasing”, “Wawarsing, New York”, “Wawarsing, NY”, and “Wawasink”
- Postal code: 12489
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eastern Correctional Facility and Joseph Y. Resnick Airport.
Eastern Correctional Facility
Prison
The Eastern Correctional Facility is a state prison for men in Napanoch, Ulster County, New York. Eastern is one of the oldest prison facilities in the state. It has been a maximum security prison for men since 1973.
Joseph Y. Resnick Airport
Aerodrome
Joseph Y. Resnick Airport, is located in Ellenville, New York, United States. Joseph Y. Resnick Airport is situated 2½ miles southwest of Wawarsing.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Napanoch and Kerhonkson.
Napanoch
Village
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Napanoch is a hamlet in Town of Wawarsing, in Ulster County, New York, United States. It is at the junction of routes 209 and 55. The population was 1,131 at the 2020 census.
Kerhonkson
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kerhonkson is a small hamlet which, along with Accord, makes up the Town of Rochester in Ulster County, part of the Catskills region in New York State. Kerhonkson is located near the convergence of routes US 44, NY 55, and US 209.
Ellenville
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ellenville is a village within the town of Wawarsing, in Ulster County, part of the Catskills region in New York State. Ellenville is near the intersection of routes NY 52 and US 209.
Wawarsing
- Categories: town in the United States, town of New York, and locality
- Location: Town of Wawarsing, Ulster County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.75898° or 41° 45′ 32″ northLongitude
-74.35738° or 74° 21′ 27″ westPopulation
12,800Elevation
295 feet (90 metres)Open location code
87H7QJ5V+H2OpenStreetMap ID
node 158911416OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
5143443Wikidata ID
Q942193
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Uzbek—“Wawarsing” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Wawarsing”
- Chechen: “Веварсинг”
- Chinese: “瓦沃辛 (紐約州)”
- Chinese: “瓦沃辛”
- Dutch: “Wawarsing”
- French: “Wawarsing”
- German: “Wawarsing”
- Haitian: “Wawarsing, New York”
- Haitian: “Wawarsing”
- Italian: “Wawarsing”
- Mazanderani: “واوارسینگ (نیویورک)”
- Mazanderani: “واوارسینگ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wawarsing”
- Polish: “Wawarsing”
- South Azerbaijani: “واوارزینق، نیویورک”
- Spanish: “Wawarsing”
- Tatar: “Веварсинг”
- Turkish: “Wawarsing”
- Ukrainian: “Веварсінг”
- Uzbek: “Wawarsing”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Port Ben and Honk Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses and Lippman Park.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wawarsing”. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.