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NYACK
, a See also:village of See also:Rockland See also:county, New See also:York, U.S.A., in the See also:town of Orangetown, on the western See also:bank of the See also:Hudson See also:river, about 25 M. See also:north of New York See also:City
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Pop
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(1890) 4111; (1900) 4275, of whom 583 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1905) 4441; (1910) 4619
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Nyack is served by the See also:Northern Railroad of New See also:Jersey (a See also:branch of the See also:Erie), and is connected by See also:ferry with See also:Tarrytown, nearly opposite, on the eastern bank of the Hudson
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The New York, See also:Ontario & Western and the See also:West See also:Shore See also:railways pass through West Nyack, a small village about 2 M. west
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For about 2 M. above and 3 M. below Nyack the river expands into Tappan Zee or See also:Bay, which is about 3 M. wide immediately opposite the village
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