First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a church at 100 Cannon Street in Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. It is one of 81 churches in Poughkeepsie.
100 Cannon Street, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 659 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across New York — 11,342 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
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The community around First Presbyterian Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Food Insecurity: 32.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 26.7%
- Social Isolation: 37.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.9% (10.4–29.3%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.5%
- Unemployment: 9.6% (2.3–16.8%)
- Obesity: 37.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.7%
- Poverty Rate: 17.6% (8.4–26.7%)
- Transportation Barriers: 16.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.1%
- Diabetes: 13.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Poughkeepsie city is served by 25 churches — about one congregation for every 1,268 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- Church of Saint Mary's — 0.1 mi away
- Centro Cristiano Renacer - Poughkeepsie — 0.1 mi away
- Mid-Hudson Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Mt Olive FBH Church — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mission Church — 0.2 mi away
- The River Church — 0.2 mi away
- Centro Cristiano Renacer Poughkeepsie — 0.2 mi away
- Triumphant Apostolic Church — 0.2 mi away
- First German Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Highland Presbyterian Church — 2.5 mi away in Highland, NY
- First Presbyterian Church — 2.5 mi away in Highland, NY
- Pleasant Valley Presbyterian — 5.9 mi away in Pleasant Valley, NY
- Freedom Plains United Presbyterian Church — 7 mi away in Lagrangeville, NY
- First Presbyterian Church — 7.2 mi away in Marlboro, NY
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