Fishkill, a town and village of Dutchess co.. New York, on the Hudson river and the Hudson River railroad, opposite Newburgh, 55 m. N. of New York; pop. of the town in 1870, 11,752; of the village, 737. The village is situated on Fishkill creek, a small affluent of the Hudson, about 5 m. N. E. of its mouth, and contains four churches, a weekly newspaper, and a national and a savings bank. The town also contains the villages of Fishkill Landing, Glenham, Matteawan, Carthage Landing, Hughsonville, and a part of Wappinger's Falls. Fishkill Landing is situated on the Hudson, near the mouth of Fishkill creek, and is connected by ferry with Newburgh; pop. 2,992. It contains an iron foundery and machine shop, several factories, a national bank, two newspapers, and three churches. Glenham, Matteawan, and Wappinger's Falls are also important manufacturing places. The Dutchess and Columbia division of the New York, Boston, and Montreal railroad extends through the town from E. to W., and connects with the New York and Harlem and the Connecticut Western railroads at Millerton.