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Watchtower, New York
Watchtower, New York
CDP
	Location in Ulster County and the state of New York.
	Watchtower, New York
	Coordinates: 41°38′16″N 74°15′37″W / 41.63778°N 74.26028°W
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Ulster
Area
• Total	0.71 sq mi (1.84 km2)
• Land	0.71 sq mi (1.84 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	344 ft (105 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	1,709
• Density	2,403.66/sq mi (928.39/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	12589
Area code	845
FIPS code	36-78487
GNIS feature ID	2631241

Watchtower is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the Town of Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 1,709 at the 2020 census.

It is owned and operated by the Watchtower Society (a legal entity of Jehovah's Witnesses) and has been in operation since 1963.^[3]

Demographics edit

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	2,381	—
2020	1,709	−28.2%
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Watchtower, New York
^ The Watchtower, September 15, 1983, page 27
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.