Page Contents for Tivoli, New York

Statistics & Facts

Location

History & History-related items

City Attractions

Government

Historical Events

Miscellany

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Statistics & Facts

The New York state capital is Albany.
The population of Tivoli is approximately 1,303 (2000), 1118 (2010).
The approximate number of families is 474 (1990), 481 (2010).
The amount of land area in Tivoli is 4.55 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 0.08 sq kilometers.
The distance from Tivoli to Washington DC is 276 miles.
The distance to the New York state capital is 42 miles. (as the crow flies)
Tivoli is positioned 42.05 degrees north of the equator and 73.91 degrees west of the prime meridian.
The Tivoli city color is Blue & Gold.

Location

in the northwest corner of Dutchess County on the shores of the Hudson River, forty miles south Albany, the state capital. Tivoli is completely within the borders of the Town of Red Hook, the Village of Tivoli is bordered to the north by Clermont State Park, to the west by the Hudson River, and to the south by Tivoli Bays, a National Estuarine Preserve, and Bard College.
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History & History Related Items

Tivoli was founded in 1795 along the shores of the majestic Hudson River, and incorporated in 1938. The Village was the second home to Eleanor Roosevelt and today has undergone a great community renaissance.

Here is a history page for Tivoli.

Though it was originally called Red Hook Landing, the current name of Tivoli was for the town of Tivoli, Italy. Pierre de Labigarre built a home built on the present site of the Pynes which he named, "Le Chateau de Tivoli." Later, in 1807, his plan to start the perfect community there fell apart and his property was bought out by Chancellor Robert Livingston at a public auction.

For its first one hundred years, Tivoli was actually two villages. Tivoli along the river and Meyersville (later named Madalin) were two separate communities. It wasn't until June of 1872 that the two villages joined to offically become the present incorporated Village of Tivoli.
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Attractions

Kaatsbaan International Dance Center
Santa Fe Restaurant
Hudson River
St Paul's Episcopal Church -- Livingston's Church

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Tivoli City Government

Village Offices
Historic Watts DePeyster Hall
86 Broadway, Tivoli, NY 12583
Village Clerk: 845-757-2021
Mayor's Office: 845-757-3371 ·
E-Mail: tivoli@ulster.net

Marcus J. Molinaro, Mayor
America's Youngest Mayor (2-2001)

Tivoli Historical Events

1997, June 21
The Village of Tivoli celebrated its 125th anniversary. Tivoli

Miscellany

The population of Tivoli was:
1980 - 711
2000 - 1,303