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is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 2,188 at the 2000 census.
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.