The ''Poughkeepsie Journal'' is a newspaper based in

Poughkeepsie, New York Poughkeepsie ( ) is a city within the Poughkeepsie (town), New York, Town of Poughkeepsie, New York (state), New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, New York, Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsie i ...

, and owned by

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, which bought the paper in 1977. Founded in 1785 (though not a daily newspaper until 1860), the ''Journal'' is the oldest paper in New York state, and is the second-oldest in the nation. The Journal's primary coverage area is Dutchess County, though the entire Mid-Hudson Valley is covered in some form, along with some coverage of points south via the White Plains–based '' Journal News''. Throughout its existence, the ''Journal'' has been a paper of historical significance given the various events in the Poughkeepsie area. For example, in 1788, the editor of the ''Journal'' was the official reporter of the ratification of the

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by New York in that year (the event itself occurring in Poughkeepsie, which was the state capital at the time). The paper also served as a launching point of stories during the

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administration when the President was at his estate in nearby Hyde Park. In the book '' My Side of the Mountain'', the ''Journal'' was mentioned under its name at the time, the ''Poughkeepsie New Yorker''. The ''Journal''s

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was a

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building on Civic Center Plaza, the north end of Market Street in downtown Poughkeepsie. It is listed on the

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Name

Though the Journal has been published for over 220 years, it has not published under the ''Journal'' nameplate for the whole of its existence. The evolution of the names of the paper is as follows. *Poughkeepsie Journal (1785–1844) **Poughkeepsie Journal and Country Journal (1785–95, summarized version sent to outlying areas) :''1840: Poughkeepsie Journal merges with Poughkeepsie Eagle'' *Poughkeepsie Journal & Eagle (1844–1850) *Poughkeepsie Eagle (1850–53) *Poughkeepsie Weekly Eagle (1854–57) *Poughkeepsie Eagle (1857–60) *Poughkeepsie Eagle Weekly (1860) *Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle (1860–80) **Poughkeepsie Eagle Weekly & Sunday Courier (1872–76) :''1880: Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle merges with The Poughkeepsie News'' *Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle News (1880–1914) *Poughkeepsie Eagle News (1915–42) *Poughkeepsie New Yorker (1942–60) :''1960: Poughkeepsie New Yorker returns to the "Journal" name to commemorate the paper's 175th anniversary.'' *Poughkeepsie Journal (1960–80) *Poughkeepsie Journal A.M. Edition (1980–82, temporary name after move to mornings) *Poughkeepsie Journal (1982–present)

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