Town of Wallkill

Town of Wallkill chronicles the history of a town situated midway between two great rivers, the Hudson on the east and the Delaware on the west. It portrays the growth of this community, which was organized in 1772, from homesteads and farms, hamlets and schoolhouses, sawmills and gristmills, to trolleys and parks and beyond.

Dorothy Hunt-Ingrassia has been the town historian for nearly two decades. She is on the board of directors of the Historical Society of Middletown and the Wallkill Precinct and is vice president of the Historical Club of Middletown. In compiling Town of Wallkill, she was helped immeasurably by Gwen Deserto, assistant town historian and local educator.