Stuyvesant is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 2,027 at the 2010 census.
The Town of Stuyvesant is in the northwest part of Columbia County. US Route 9 crosses the southwest corner of the town.
Explorer Henry Hudson visited the region in 1609. The area, being next to the Hudson River, was settled before 1650. The Town of Stuyvesant was established in 1823 from the Town of Kinderhook.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 26.8 square miles (69 km), of which, 25.0 square miles (65 km) of it is land and 1.7 square miles (4.4 km) of it (6.32%) is water.
The west town line, marked by the Hudson River is the border of Greene County, and the north town line is the border of Rensselaer County.
Kinderhook Creek passes through the southeast part of the town.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,188 people, 852 households, and 633 families residing in the town. The population density was 87.5 people per square mile (33…
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