HAVERSTRAW, a village of Rockland county, New York, on the W. bank of the Hudson river, 35 m. above New York city. It is served by the Erie and the West Shore railways. The popu lation in 193o was 5,621. The village has a beautiful location at the base of High Tor (832 ft.), on a wide bay of the river. It has a silk mill and dye plant, and extensive manufactures of brick and brickmaking machinery. A mile distant are large calico print works employing 2,000 workers. The region was settled by the Dutch, probably as early as 1648. Near the village is the house where Benedict Arnold and Major Andre met before daylight on Sept. 22, 1780, to plan for the betrayal of West Point. In 1826 a short-lived Owenite community (dissolved within five months) was established near West Haverstraw. Haverstraw was incor porated under the name of Warren in 1854, and re-incorporated as Haverstraw in