Information on Holmes, NY

Holmes is a populated place located in Dutchess County at latitude 41.523 and longitude -73.647.

The elevation is 692 feet. Holmes appears on the Poughquag U.S. Geological Survey Map. Dutchess County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours).

Poughquag is quite close to Pawling about 7 miles.  Pawling is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 8,463 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Catherine Pauling, the daughter of Henry Beekman, who held the second largest land patent in the county. A misprint caused the U to change to a W and the name stuck.

The Town of Pawling is in the southeast part of the county. The town has a village of Pawling.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 45.0 square miles (117 km²), of which 44.2 square miles (114 km²) is land and 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²) (1.80%) is water.

The eastern and western section of the towns are high and hilly, with the Great Swamp and Harlem Valley in the middle, where the village of Pawling is located. The highest elevation in town is Observatory Hill, at 1,332 feet (406 m) above sea level; the lowest is 420 feet (130 m), in the Great Swamp along the south boundary of town.

Most of the population of Pawling is concentrated in the valley, traversed by NY 22 (joined) by NY 55 south of the village) and Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line. There are two train stations in town, the Pawling station in the village and the Appalachian Trail station, allowing passengers to hike that trail up into the Pawling Nature Reserve along Hammersby Ridge in the northern section of town.

The south town line is the border of Putnam County, New York, and the east town line is the border of Connecticut. To the west lies the town ofBeekman, with Dover to the north.

Communities and locations in the Town of Pawling

• Baker Corner – A hamlet east of Hurd Corners.
• Holmes – A hamlet in the southwest part of the town.
• Hurd Corners – A hamlet north of Pawling village.
• Mizzen Top – A school for children located in the center of the town
• Quaker Hill – A hamlet near the east town line, northeast of Pawling village.
• Pawling – The Village of Pawling.
• West Pawling – A hamlet on Route 55, northwest of Pawling village.
• Whaley Lake – A lake by the west town line.
• Woodinville – A hamlet west of Pawling village.