| City: | Vails Gate, New York |
| County: | Orange County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:46:24 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 329 / 845 / 914 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 41.4542, -74.0582 |
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Vails Gate sits in New York's Hudson Valley, just outside the town of New Windsor in Orange County. The name has nothing to do with Colorado skiing. It's a small community near the historic crossroads of Old Temple Hill Road and Route 32, about five miles from the United States Military Academy at West Point.
This ZIP doesn't have its own Census-defined territory. It exists as a point within ZIP 12553, the larger New Windsor area. The post office maintains 215 PO Boxes, and this is designated a PO Box Only Zone. There's no alternative mail delivery available for addresses using this ZIP code.
Despite the lack of residential population in Census data, 35 business establishments operate here with 898 employees. The commercial activity centers on Old Temple Hill Road, which accounts for 62 of the 78 ZIP+4 records. Many of these use unit numbers, suggesting an office or industrial park. Windsor Highway and Route 32 round out the small street network.
The post office handles both city carrier and rural routes (2 city, 1 rural), but all mail addressed to 12584 itself goes to PO Boxes. Residents and businesses who want this ZIP code must rent a box at the Vails Gate post office. Street delivery in the surrounding area uses the 12553 New Windsor ZIP code instead.
Old Temple Hill Road dominates with multi-unit commercial buildings; two highway routes connect the area.
ZIP Code 12584 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 38 business establishments, employing about 943 people with an annual payroll of $39,973,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 417Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 38Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $9,503,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $39,973,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 943Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 12584 is located in Orange County, New York, within the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 28880) and New York's 18th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 0 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 12584. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NYSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 28880Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 0Source: Census |
| MSA: | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 18Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 1353.42 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Newburgh, NY-PA PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 3676584Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Vails Gate CDP; New YorkSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 12584 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on March 1, 2026.