Philipstown is a town located in the western part of Putnam County, New York, United States.

[2] In 1697 Adolphus Philipse, a wealthy Province of New York landowner and merchant, purchased a tract from Dutch traders which received British Royal sanction as the Highland Patent.

[4] In 1788, Philipstown was established out of the three river lots and part of a fourth inland to the north, becoming one of the three original towns in what is now Putnam County.

The western border of Philipstown is the Hudson River, with the Orange County towns of Highlands and Cornwall, as well as a small sliver of Stony Point in Rockland County, on the opposite shore.

Kent and Putnam Valley border the town on its eastern side.

23.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Primary law enforcement services in Philipstown are provided by the New York State Police and the Putnam County Sheriff's Department.