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Located in: Dutchess County (see below)

Time Zone: Beacon lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT)

Telephone Area Codes: 845 & 329<1>

Elevation: 180 feet [54.86 m] above sea level<2>

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Beacon)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:<3>	13,961 (10.17% decrease since 2010)
2010:	15,541 (12.55% increase since 2000)
2000:	13,808

Total Area:<4> 4.88 sq. miles [12.6 km²] - of which 2.81% is water (0.14 sq. miles [0.4 km²])

Housing Units:<5> 5,715

Official Website: www.cityofbeacon.org/

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<6>

For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for Beacon:

Lat: 41.505700° (or 41°30'20" N)

Lon: -73.969000° (or -73°58'8" W)

USGS Topo Map: Wappingers Falls<7>

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Beacon

GNIS ID: 978716

FIPS State / Place Code: 36 / 05100

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Beacon)

About Dutchess County

The city of Poughkeepsie is the County Seat for Dutchess County.

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Dutchess)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	294,218 (1.18% decrease since 2010)
2010	297,728 (6.27% increase since 2000)
2000:	280,150

Total Area: 825 sq. miles [2,137.6 km²] - of which 3.6% is water (29.72 sq. miles [77 km²])

Housing Units: 118,638

Official Website: https://www.co.dutchess.ny.us/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Dutchess

GNIS ID: 974112

FIPS State / County Code: 36 / 027

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Beacon)

About New York

From the US Census

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	19,463,131 (0.44% increase since 2010)
2010:	19,378,102 (2.12% increase since 2000)
2000:	18,976,457

Websites for State of New York

Official Website: https://www.ny.gov/

Tourism: https://www.iloveny.com/

Parks: https://parks.ny.gov/

Fishing: https://dec.ny.gov/things-to-do/freshwater-fishing

Hunting: https://dec.ny.gov/things-to-do/hunting

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for State of New York

GNIS ID: 1779796

FIPS State: 36

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Beacon)

Footnotes ...

<1>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Beacon area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Beacon area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beacon - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The most recent Census estimate is for the year 2019.
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Beacon. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group.
<5>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway).
<6>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Beacon, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.
<7>	Name of the USGS 7.5 Minute topographic map which includes Beacon.