 ghent is a town in columbia county, new york, united states, with a zip code of 12075. the population was 5,402 at the 2010 census. the town of ghent is centrally located in the county. ghent is northeast of the city of hudson. == history == around 1735, early settlers, exploiting areas cleared by the natives, moved into the area. in 1818, the town of ghent was founded from parts of the towns of chatham, [[claverack, new york|claverac
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