Beacon

It is a city situated in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The 2010 registration put the city add up to populace at 15,541. Beacon is a piece of the Poughkeepsie– Newburgh– Middletown, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area and additionally the bigger New York– Newark– Bridgeport, New York– New Jersey– Connecticut– Pennsylvania Combined Statistical Area. It was named to recognize the noteworthy reference point fires that bursted forward from the summit of the Fishkill Mountains to alarm the Continental Army about British troop movements.

The zone known as Beacon was settled by Europeans as the towns of Matteawan and Fishkill Landing in A.D. 1709. They were among the principal pilgrim groups in the region. Signal is situated in the southwest corner of Dutchess County in the Mid-Hudson Region, around 90 miles 140 km south of Albany, New York, and roughly 60 miles 97 km north of New York City.