Fishkill is a village within the town of Fishkill in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The village is in the eastern portion of the town of Fishkill upon U.S. Route 9. It is north of Interstate 84. NY 52 is the main street. It is share of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as competently as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. The first U. S. Post Office in New York declare was customary in Fishkill by Samuel Loudon, its first Postmaster.

Fishkill is located in the former territory of the Wappinger people. It was allowance of the Rombout Patent approved to Francis Rombouts, Gulian VerPlanck, and Stephanus Van Cortlandt of New Amsterdam in 1685. The name “Fishkill” evolved from two Dutch words, vis (fish) and kil (stream or creek). In 1714, Dutch immigrants arranged in the area. The village of Fishkill was a significant crossroads in the overland transportation network in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Kings Highway, connecting Albany to New York City, intersected subsequently a major overland route from New England to the Hudson River. Among the first to fill the house now within the village limits were Johannes Ter Boss and Henry Rosecrance.

During the American Revolution printer Samuel Loudon fled from New York City during the British doings of that city and set occurring a make known office in Fishkill, which became the first broadcast office in New York state. Here Loudon in addition to continued printing a rebellious newspaper called, The New York Packet and The American Advertiser which he founded though in New York City.

The third New York Provincial Congress convened in Fishkill in May 1776. Fishkill became allowance of one of the largest colonial military encampments during the Revolutionary War. General Washington’s aide-de-camp Alexander Hamilton took domicile here. The Trinity Church, on Hopewell Avenue in the village, was organized in 1756 and the structure built in 1760. It was used as a hospital during the Revolutionary War. The Dutch Reformed church was used as a military prison. American spy Enoch Crosby was held there briefly with Loyalist recruits back being allowed to escape.