"Power Kingdom" is a nickname for the city of Poughkeepsie, NY.
It was settled by the
Dutch in 1683; its
name, of Wappinger Indian origin, means “reed-covered lodge by the little water place.” Poughkeepsie served as the temporary state capital of New York, and the U.S. Constitution was ratified there in 1788. Located in the Hudson Valley Region of New York, Poughkeepsie neighbors the small city Woodstock, NY, famous for the Woodstock Festival. Natives of Poughkeepsie quickly discovered that
Non-residents found it
hard to pronounce the
name of their small city, thus the name Power Kingdom was birthed.