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Poughkeepsie (pronounced) is a city in NewYork, USA and serves as the county seat of Dutchess County, located in the Hudson River Valley roughly midway between NewYork City and Albany.
Poughkeepsie is located in the western part of Dutchess County, bordered on the west by the Hudson River and in all other directions by the Town of Poughkeepsie.
The City of Poughkeepsie is bordered by the Hudson River on the west and by the Town of Poughkeepsie on the north, east and south.
The county seat of Dutchess County, NewYork, is the Hudson River Valley city of Poughkeepsie.
The city is nestled halfway between NewYork City (to the south) and Albany (to the north), roughly 82 miles from each.
In 1799, the city of Poughkeepsie was taken off the town of the same name and organized separately as a village, later to become incorporated (in 1854) as a city.