THE WAPPINGER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Hudson Valley setting.
Wappinger town has 27.1 square miles of land in Dutchess County. Its Census reference point is in Hudson Valley, within Northeastern Coastal Zone.
Irregular plains and low hills form a coastal transition with glacial lakes and oak-pine woodland. This northeastern landscape is gentler than the mountainous country farther inland.
Regional context: Northeastern Coastal Zone ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Wappinger and Dutchess County
Wappinger is associated with Dutchess County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Wappinger by land and water
The Census records 1.48 square miles of water within Wappinger, or 5.2% of its total area. It is 1.6 percentage points higher than the 3.6% recorded for Dutchess County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Wappinger town has 3.2 times the land area of nearby Myers Corner CDP (8.54 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

