Kinderhook is a village in the town of Kinderhook in Columbia County, New York, United States. The village population was 1,170 at the 2020 census, slightly down from 1,211 at the 2010 census. The village of Kinderhook is located in the south-central part of the town on US 9. The eighth President of the United States, Martin Van Buren, was born in Kinderhook and retired to the area.