Kinderhook

This gem of a community delights residents with its charming assortment of shops, stores, and restaurants, as well as plenty of places to explore art, history, and the outdoors. Kinderhook is where President Martin Van retired after his term in office. His estate, known as Lindenwald, was his home from 1841 until his death in 1862. Today the estate is part of the National Park Service. Kinderhook is a town of about 8,330 people. It consists of two villages, one of which is also called Kinderhook. The other is the village of Valatie. The village of Kinderhook has a population of about 1,170. Valatie is slightly bigger with a populationof about 1,785.

 

 

 

 

Health Care Resources

• Provides services to more than 100,000 residents in Columbia, Greene and Dutchess counties.
• The region’s only comprehensive primary and specialty care health system.
• Anchored by Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson.
• CHM provides health services in Kinderhook and surrounding communities through Valatie Family Care, one of 40 primary and specialty care centers in Columbia County.

Recreation and Culture

• An extension of the Jack Shainman Gallery in New York City, The School is housed in the former Martin Van Buren High School on Broad Street in Kinderhook.
• Thirty thousand square feet of space provides space for large-scale exhibitions of works by artists within and outside of Jack Shainman Gallery’s program.
• The School's inaugural exhibit in 2014 featured a retrospective of works by scultor and performance artist Nick Cave. The show displayed a number of his acclaimed Soundsuits.

• Martin Van Buren served as the eighth American president.
• Martin Van Buren National Historic Site preserves the home to which he retired after completing his presidential term in office.
• Known as Lindenwald, the mansion has 36 rooms. Visitors can tour the mansion and the grounds.

• Family-owned and -operated since the early 1900s, Samascott Orchards offers seasonal pick-your-own fruits and vegetables, including apples, cherries, strawberries, blueberries, peaches, pears, peas, tomoatoes, peppers, peas, and pumpkins. Located at 5 Sunset Avenue in Kinderhook.
• Open year round, Samascott's Garden Market serves the community with a grocery store, farm stand, bakery, ice cream shop, and plant nursery.