The hamlet of Rifton is located in Ulster County, NY close to the Town of Esopus on Route 213. Covering an area of just 1.2 square miles, Rifton is 42.3 miles from Danbury, CT and 68.8 miles north of the Bronx. Important businesses in Rifton include Country Canvas, Hunting S A Drag and Coffee Systems of the Hudson Valley Inc.. The Bruderhof Museum is located in Rifton, as is the Rock School, a one-room schoolhouse which was in active use in Rifton for 48 years. Although still standing, it is now a storage facility and no longer open to the public. Perrine's Bridge, another local point of interest, was built in 1844 and crosses the Walkill River at Rifton. The area's most famous resident, abolitionist Sojourner Truth, was born Isabella Baumfree in 1797 on the Hardenbergh plantation just north of Rifton.