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Verplanck is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Cortlandt in Westchester County, New York, sitting on a small peninsula along the east bank of the Hudson River.

Both the hamlet and Verplanck's Point take their name from the Verplanck family, established in New Amsterdam by Abraham Isaacsen Verplanck in the 1630s, and residents of the hamlet are known as "Pointers."

As of the 2020 census, Verplanck had a population of 1,535; the 2000 census counted 777 residents in 300 households in the hamlet.

During the Revolutionary War, George Washington's Continental Army encamped at Verplanck's Point, using it as a staging area for crossing the Hudson at King's Ferry between the Point and Stony Point.

In September 1782 the Continental Army again bivouacked at Verplanck's Point, where French commander Rochambeau reviewed Washington's troops on September 14, 1782 — a scene John Trumbull painted in his full-length portrait Washington at Verplanck's Point.

In 1985, Verplanck was picked as the place to introduce the Yugo hatchback car into the U.S. market.

Verplanck is home to a replica of the Half Moon, the ship with which Henry Hudson explored the Hudson River.

The hamlet is the setting of the 2000 crime comedy Drowning Mona, though the movie was not filmed there — a portrayal that stirred controversy among residents when it was released.

From May through October, Cortlandt Waterfront Park in Verplanck hosts The Market on the River, a Sunday market of farmers, coffee roasters, food vendors, and craft makers.

Verplanck students belong to the Hendrick Hudson School District and attend Hendrick Hudson High School.