Town Hall is located at 424 Main Street

The mailing address is P.O. Box 423, Rosendale, New York 12472.

Town Hall is open Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with the exception of major 

Holidays including: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day., Presidents' Day, Good Friday,

Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Election Day, Veterans' Day, 

Thanksgiving Day, Day After Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. 

of 6,352 according to the 2000 U.S. Census, is located in east central Ulster County 

in the Mid-Hudson Valley region of New York and is intersected by State Route 32 running

north and south, and State Route 213 running east and west. Rosendale enjoys high visibility 

from motorists taking scenic routes between New York City and the Hudson Valley Region. Rosendale 

has the advantage of being a small, rural hamlet with close proximity to major 

roadways.

Commercial, industrial, residential and agricultural valuations combine to give 

Rosendale a varied economic base. Commercial enterprises are concentrated in the Route

32 corridor and Main Street area and serve area shoppers as well as commuters traversing

Route 32. Residential development consists mainly of single-family homes and there is a

large senior housing complex situated in the Town.

The Town was founded by an act of the New York State Legislature on October 23, 1844 

and is comprised of the hamlets of Binnewater, Bloomington, Bruceville, Cottekill, Creeklocks,

Hickory Bush, parts of High Falls, Lawrenceville, Lefevre Falls, Maple Hill, Rosendale, Tillson 

and Whiteport. 

The Town is located in the County of Ulster, New York, which County is divided 

for local government purposes into twenty towns and the City of Kingston. In turn, some 

of such Towns contain incorporated villages established for purposes of providing certain 

municipal services and facilities to their residents. The Town is a political subdivision of 

the State having its own elected legislative body, the Town Board, pursuant to Constitutional 

provisions. 

The Town Board consists of five members, the presiding officer of which is the

Town Supervisor elected for a two-year term. The four additional members of the Town 

Board are elected for four years terms every two years. The Town Supervisor and the board 

members are elected at large. 

The Supervisor is the chief executive officer of the Town. Additional Town officers 

are the Town Clerk, who is elected at large for a four-year term, the Receiver of Taxes,

and the Superintendent of Highways who are elected at large for two-year terms and the

Assessor, the Superintendent of the Water and Sewer Departments is appointed by the 

Town Board. 

The Town provides various services to its residents including furnishing water 

and sewer facilities, building and maintaining Town highways and providing public safety 

through a police department. Fire protection is provided through separate entities, the 

various fire districts and voluntary fire organizations in the Town. Planning and financing 

of Town courts are provided by the Town. Regulation of building construction along with 

the usual municipal services of recreational facilities and street lighting are all Town functions.

Social services and health services, to the extent provided on a public basis, are essentially

County responsibilities. 

The Town’s of Rosendale and Esopus comprise the Ulster County Legislature’s 

District # 7. Rosendale is represented by the 22nd Congressional District, the 42nd 

Senatorial District and the 101st Assembly District.