Tag: Pine Hill

Pine Hill is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in the western part of the town of Shandaken in Ulster County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 308.
Pine Hill became an important tourist community when the Ulster and Delaware Railroad railroad reached it in 1872. It was known as the “Saratoga” of the Catskills. In 1895, Pine Hill became an incorporated village, but the village voted to dissolve its incorporation in 1985, becoming an unincorporated entity (hamlet).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km).5.5 km² (2.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.47% is water.
The community is inside the Catskill Park.
As of the census of 2000, there were 308 people, 138 households, and 81 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 146.2 per square mile (56.4/km²). There were 279 housing units at an average density of 132.4/sq mi (51.1/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 89.94%…