Map of Rifton CDP

Rifton is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 481 at the 2020 census.

Rifton is home to the Woodcrest Bruderhof and is located near the western town line of the Town of Esopus on Route 213.

Rifton CDP overview:
Name:	Rifton CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	New York
County:	Ulster County
Elevation:	180 ft (55 m)
Total Area:	1.24 sq mi (3.21 km²)
Land Area:	1.24 sq mi (3.21 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	481
Population Density:	387.90/sq mi (149.83/km²)
ZIP code:	12471
Area code:	845
FIPS code:	3661797
GNISfeature ID:	0962517

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History

Rifton had its beginnings as a smattering of several hamlets and communities. Dashville hamlet was the first of the hamlets to be settled. By 1824, several mills had been built along the Wallkill by Ezekiel Eltinge. In 1861, Jeremiah W. Dimick bought the mill in Arnoldton and renamed the community Rifton Glen. Swartekill hamlet was so named because of its location on the Swartekill Creek where it meets the Wallkill. The hamlet was home to powder mills as early as 1865.

Rifton was incorporated as a village on May 20, 1901, encompassing what had been the hamlets of Rifton Glen, Swartekill, and Dashville and the communities of Saltpeterville, and Perrine’s Bridge. After the village’s mills closed, the state legislature dissolved the village in 1919.