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Cold Spring, New York
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<p>Cold Spring is a <a href="/facts/Administrative_divisions_of_New_York/YBKkD8Jp">village</a> in the town of <a href="/facts/Philipstown%2c_New_York/eNAE2DBK">Philipstown</a> in <a href="/facts/Putnam_County%2c_New_York/bnHwzw1Y">Putnam County, New York</a>, United States. The population was 1,986 at the 2020 census. It borders the smaller village of <a href="/facts/Nelsonville%2c_New_York/9vHPW3N4">Nelsonville</a> and the hamlets of <a href="/facts/Garrison%2c_New_York/wSSdnGIK">Garrison</a> and <a href="/facts/North_Highlands%2c_New_York/wVE1jNRz">North Highlands</a>. The central area of the village is on the <a href="/facts/National_Register_of_Historic_Places/leUNvfW6">National Register of Historic Places</a> as the <a href="/facts/Cold_Spring_Historic_District/Cf0zXbTV">Cold Spring Historic District</a> due to its many well-<a href="/facts/Historic_preservation/wdKx4F1e">preserved</a> 19th-century buildings, constructed to accommodate workers at the nearby <a href="/facts/West_Point_Foundry/7vSh0YpL">West Point Foundry</a> (itself a Registered Historic Place today). The town is the birthplace of General <a href="/facts/Gouverneur_K._Warren/9AoTkLzQ">Gouverneur K. Warren</a>, who was an important figure in the <a href="/facts/Union_Army/WaDC9c06">Union Army</a> during the <a href="/facts/American_Civil_War/A9FT3ksD">Civil War</a>. The village, located in the <a href="/facts/Hudson_Highlands/Lr5oKtK5">Hudson Highlands</a>, sits at the deepest point of the Hudson River, directly across from <a href="/facts/West_Point/px9g8rhT">West Point</a>. Cold Spring serves as a weekend getaway for many residents of <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>. </p><p>Commuter service to New York City is available via the <a href="/facts/Cold_Spring_(Metro-North_station)/nwtV9vqV">Cold Spring train station</a>, served by <a href="/facts/Metro-North_Railroad/gdP6NoLA">Metro-North Railroad</a>. The train journey is approximately one hour, ten minutes to <a href="/facts/Grand_Central_Terminal/sR09Dj8Q">Grand Central Terminal</a>. </p>