Verbank, New York

Sprout Creek in the hamlet of Verbank

Verbank is a hamlet in the town of Union Vale in Dutchess County, New York, United States. Verbank is served by a post office with the ZIP code of 12585;[1] the ZCTA for ZIP Code 12585 had a population of 956 at the 2000 census.

Verbank is home to Camp Young Judaea Sprout Lake, which was established in 1976 as a camp for children grades 2–8,[2] focused on Zionist and Jewish education.[3] The camp was formerly a cardiac support summer camp. The Verbank Hunting And Fishing Club, on Verbank Club Road, was created in 1928.[4] The Verbank United Methodist Church is located at the junction of County Route 9 and New York State Route 82.[5] The Dutchess and Columbia Railroad was chartered in 1866 to build a line from Fishkill on the Hudson River, northeast and north to the New York and Harlem Railroad at Craryville.[6] On the railroad, a railroad station, the church, a post office, and two stores existed in the area that was known as Verbank Station.[7] In its early years, Verbank was home to two gristmills and a paper mill.[8]

  1. ^ "Search Results for ZIP code 12585". Zipinfo. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
  2. ^ "Camp Information". Camp Young Judaea. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
  3. ^ Staff Writer (March 10, 2003). "Kosher meals make fond memories at many sleep-away summer camps". South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Tribune News Service. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
  4. ^ "Verbank Hunting And Fishing Inc". Manta. 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2008.
  5. ^ "Events: Verbank United Methodist Church". Poughkeepsie Journal. 2008. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
  6. ^ Lyndon A. Haight. "The Dutchess and Columbia Railroad". Little Nine Partners Historical Society. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
  7. ^ James H. Smith. "HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF UNION VALE". USGenNet. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
  8. ^ Frank Place, John Homer French (1860). Gazetteer of the State of New York. R.P. Smith. p. 277. Retrieved October 8, 2008. verbank 1700.