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Poughkeepsie officially the Town of Poughkeepsie, is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The 2010 census gives the population as 44,090, up from the 2000 census count of 42,777. The name is derived from the native term Uppuqui (oo-poo-kee) meaning lodge-covered, plus ipis meaning little water, plus ing meaning place, all of which translated to “the reed-covered lodge by the little water place,” or Uppuqui-ipis-ing (...)(from Wikipedia)