Hopewell Junction is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 2,610 at the 2000 census. It is part of the PoughkeepsieâNewburghâMiddletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New YorkâNewarkâBridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. Hopewell Junction is located within the Town of East Fishkill. It was ranked #31 on Money Magazine's Most Desirable Places to Live for 2005. Hopewell Junction was originally a railroad junction where the Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad met the New York and New England Railroad and Dutchess County Railroad.
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