Official Name: | Watchtower, New York |
Settlement Type: | CDP |
Pushpin Map: | New York |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New York |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Ulster |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.84 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.84 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.71 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.71 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1709 |
Population Density Km2: | 928.39 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 2403.66 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 105 |
Elevation Ft: | 344 |
Coordinates: | 41.6378°N -74.2603°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 12589 |
Area Code: | 845 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 36-78487 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2631241 |
Watchtower is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the Town of Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 1,709 at the 2020 census.
It is owned and operated by the Watchtower Society (a legal entity of Jehovah's Witnesses) and has been in operation since 1963.[2]