[citation needed] The First Baptist Church was established in 1755, the members having emigrated from Massachusetts.

Elder Comer Bullock rode a circuit that included Rhinebeck, Kinderhook, Hudson, Oswego, and a number of other places.

The railroad then made a donation sufficient to allow the congregation to build a new church about half a mile south of the original.

The Methodist Episcopal Church, erected in 1843, was established largely through the generosity of Leonard Winans, who donated the lumber, much of it hauled from Poughkeepsie.

Edward Ham, who served in the 5th New York Heavy Artillery, ran a harness shop.