Fort Ann, New York

Last updated
Fort Ann
Town
Washington County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Fort Ann highlighted.svg
Location in Washington County and the state of New York.
Coordinates: 43°27′52″N73°32′19″W / 43.46444°N 73.53861°W / 43.46444; -73.53861 Coordinates: 43°27′52″N73°32′19″W / 43.46444°N 73.53861°W / 43.46444; -73.53861
Country United States
State New York
County Washington
Metro Area Glens Falls, New York
Fort Anne Built1757
Organized1786 as Westfield
Incorporated1808 as Fort Ann
Government
 •  Town Supervisor Richard Moore
 • Town Board
Members [1]
Area
[2]
 • Total110.86 sq mi (287.13 km2)
 • Land109.08 sq mi (282.50 km2)
 • Water1.79 sq mi (4.63 km2)  1.20%
Population
 (2010) [3]
 • Total6,190
 • Estimate 
(2016) [4]
6,110
 • Density56.02/sq mi (21.63/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s) [5]
12827 (primary)
Area code(s) 518
FIPS code 36-115-26715
Website www.townoffortannny.com

Fort Ann is a town in Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. [6] The town population was 6,417 at the 2000 census. [3] The town contains a village, also called Fort Ann, located in its southeastern corner. [7]

Contents

History

Colonial period

Fort Ann is located on the historic route linking the French and English colonies.

The area was the site of several forts built by various nations, from a small French fort called "The Pickets" near the southern end of Lake Champlain in 1689, in the northwestern area of the town, to a series of forts (including "Fort Schuyler" and "Queen's Fort") closer to where the village of Fort Ann stands today. The first of these was likely the Stone Fort, built by Englishman Fitz John Winthrop in 1692.

The English expedition led by Francis Nicholson built Fort Schuyler, approximately one-half mile south of the present village, in 1709. (The old Champlain Canal passed through a part of the site.) Nicholson burned the fort when he and his army left, but he returned in 1711 and built the Queen's Fort, later renamed Fort Anne (after Queen Anne of Great Britain), at the same site. It fell into ruins during the English colonial period. [8] :  16–17  

Fort Anne was rebuilt in 1757 by the English, during the French and Indian War. The 1777 Battle of Fort Anne took place here during the Saratoga Campaign of the American Revolutionary War.

The early town

Part of the town was in the Artillery Patent of 1764, granted to 24 officers of the British army. Settlement of the town did not occur until 1775. The town was established as the "Town of Westfield" on March 23, 1786, [9] [ page needed ] and was renamed Fort Ann on April 6, 1808, [8] :  71   after the battle. [1] [10] It is unknown why the spelling was changed. [1] Parts of the original town were used to form the later town of Hartford (1793), [8] :  65   Putnam (1806). [8] :  285  

19th century

In 1820, the village of Fort Ann incorporated as a municipality within the town.

In 1823, the Champlain Canal was completed, linking the area to the outside world. Later the Delaware and Hudson Railway established a depot at Fort Ann village.

Notable people

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 110.8 square miles (287.0 km2), of which 109.5 square miles (283.5 km2) is land and 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2) (1.20%) is water. [11]

The western border is defined as the Warren/Washington county border with the towns of Queensbury and Bolton. The shoreline of Lake George defines the Bolton-Fort Ann border. Across the town's northern border is the town of Dresden. The eastern border is the towns of Whitehall and Granville. The southern border is shared with Granville, Hartford, and Kingsbury. [12]

The town lies partially within the Adirondack Park. [12] Of the county's 17 towns, Fort Ann is the largest by area. [11]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1820 2,911—
1830 3,20110.0%
1840 3,55911.2%
1850 3,383−4.9%
1860 3,127−7.6%
1870 3,3206.2%
1880 3,263−1.7%
1890 2,696−17.4%
1900 2,263−16.1%
1910 2,236−1.2%
1920 2,3575.4%
1930 2,97726.3%
1940 3,65322.7%
1950 3,122−14.5%
1960 3,1240.1%
1970 3,74920.0%
1980 4,42518.0%
1990 6,36843.9%
2000 6,4170.8%
2010 6,190−3.5%
2016 (est.)6,110 [4] −1.3%
U.S. Decennial Census [13]

Fort Ann is the third-most populous of Washington County's 17 towns. [11]

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,417 people, 1,386 households, and 1,042 families residing in the town. The population density was 58.6 people per square mile (22.6/km2). There were 1,957 housing units at an average density of 17.9 per square mile (6.9/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 68.21% White, 24.08% Black or African American, 0.34% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 6.36% from other races, and 0.72% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.48% of the population. [3]

There were 1,386 households, out of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.1% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.8% were non-families. 19.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.03. [3]

In the town, the population was spread out, with 15.3% under the age of 18, 18.7% from 18 to 24, 39.3% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 6.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 251.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 292.8 males. [3]

The median income for a household in the town was $41,832, and the median income for a family was $46,944. Males had a median income of $26,329 versus $23,917 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,101. About 5.7% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 7.3% of those age 65 or over. [3]

Note: The census counts prisoners based on where they are incarcerated. [14] With two all-male state prisons in Comstock, [15] the data presented is likely to be skewed in comparison with the general town population and the population of neighboring non-prison towns, particularly with regard to ethnicity and the female:male ratio, because a disproportionate percentage of the prison population is male and black or Hispanic. [16]

Communities and locations in the Town of Fort Ann

Communities

Geographic locations

Related Research Articles

Washington County, New York County in New York, United States

Washington County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 61,302. The county seat is Fort Edward. The county was named for U.S. President George Washington.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Crown Point, New York</span> Town in New York, United States

Crown Point is a town in Essex County, New York, United States, located on the west shore of Lake Champlain. The population was 2,024 at the 2010 census. The name of the town is a direct translation of the original French name, Pointe à la Chevelure.

Lake Luzerne, New York Town in New York, United States

Lake Luzerne, formerly the Town of Fairfield and then Luzerne, is a town in southern Warren County, New York, United States. The town is located within the Adirondack Park. The town is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lake Luzerne is west of the city of Glens Falls. The town population was 3,347 at the 2010 census.

Queensbury, New York Town in New York, United States

Queensbury is a town in Warren County, New York, United States. The population was 27,901 at the 2010 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dresden, Washington County, New York</span> Town in New York, United States

Dresden is a town in northern Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 677 at the 2000 census.

Putnam, New York Town in Washington County, New York, US

Putnam is a town in northern Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 645 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Israel Putnam, a hero of the American Revolution.

Ticonderoga (CDP), New York Census-designated place in New York, United States

Ticonderoga is a hamlet in the southeast part of the town of Ticonderoga, in Essex County, New York, United States. The name is derived from the Haudenosaunee term for "between the two waters", the two waters being Lake George and Lake Champlain. The hamlet became a census-designated place in 2008. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,382, out of a total 5,042 residents in the town of Ticonderoga.

New York State Route 9L State highway in Warren County, New York, in the United States

New York State Route 9L (NY 9L) is a state highway in Warren County, New York, in the United States. The road is 18.58 miles (29.90 km) long and is a suffixed highway of U.S. Route 9 (US 9). NY 9L goes through three municipalities in Warren County: the city of Glens Falls, the town of Queensbury and the town of Lake George. It starts at an intersection with US 9 and NY 32 in Glens Falls and ends at a junction with US 9 and NY 9N in Lake George. NY 9L is a scenic route for people traveling to Lake George as the road provides many views of the lake. The route was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York along the path of an old military road originally built during the American Revolution.

New York State Route 149 Highway in New York and Vermont

New York State Route 149 (NY 149) is an east–west state highway that runs for 32.20 miles (51.82 km) through the Capital District of New York in the United States. It begins at exit 20 on the Adirondack Northway in the Warren County town of Queensbury and intersects U.S. Route 9 (US 9), US 4, and NY 22, among other routes, as it progresses eastward to its eastern end at the Vermont state line in the Washington County village of Granville. Here, the highway becomes Vermont Route 149 (VT 149) and continues for an additional 1.302 miles (2.095 km) to an intersection with VT 30 in Rutland County. Both NY 149 and VT 149 traverse mostly rural areas.

New York State Route 67

New York State Route 67 (NY 67) is an 86.55-mile-long (139.29 km) east–west state highway in eastern New York in the United States. The western terminus of the route is at an intersection with NY 5 in the town of St. Johnsville. Its eastern terminus is at the Vermont state line in Hoosick, where it continues eastward as Vermont Route 67 (VT 67).

New York State Route 351

New York State Route 351 (NY 351) is a north–south state highway in central Rensselaer County, New York, in the United States. It extends for 8.16 miles (13.13 km) from an intersection with NY 43 in the Sand Lake hamlet of West Sand Lake to a junction with NY 2 in the Brunswick hamlet of Cropseyville. The portion of NY 351 north of the hamlet of Poestenkill was originally designated as New York State Route 153 in the 1930s. This designation was removed in the 1940s, and the West Sand Lake–Cropseyville roadway became County Route 77 (CR 77) sometime afterward. On April 1, 1980, all of CR 77 was transferred to the state of New York, at which time it was redesignated as NY 351 by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New York State Route 28N</span> Highway in New York

New York State Route 28N (NY 28N) is an east–west state highway in the North Country of New York in the United States. It extends for 50.95 miles (82.00 km) through the Adirondack Mountains from Blue Mountain Lake to North Creek. The route is a northerly alternate route to NY 28 between both locations; as such, it passes through several communities that NY 28 bypasses to the south. The westernmost 10 miles (16 km) of NY 28N overlap with NY 30 through the town of Long Lake. NY 28N and NY 30 split in the hamlet of Long Lake, from where NY 30 heads to the north and NY 28N proceeds eastward through mountainous regions of Adirondack Park.

Kattskill Bay, New York Hamlet in New York, United States

Kattskill Bay is a hamlet in the towns of Queensbury in Warren County and Fort Ann in Washington County in the state of New York, United States. The hamlet is located along the shore of Warner and Van Warmer Bays of Lake George. Kattskill Bay was part of the proposed East Lake George village. Pilot Knob Road is the major highway that runs through the hamlet. The hamlet is located at the base of Buck Mountain.

New York State Route 348 Former highway in New York

New York State Route 348 (NY 348) was a state highway located within the town of Chazy in Clinton County, New York, in the United States. It stretched for 6.2 miles (10.0 km) from NY 22 in the hamlet of West Chazy to U.S. Route 9 (US 9) in the hamlet of Chazy and passed under the Adirondack Northway. NY 348 did not intersect any state routes or pass through any communities other than those at each of its termini.

New York State Route 99 Former state highway in New York

New York State Route 99 (NY 99) was a state highway in Franklin County. The western terminus of the route was at an intersection with NY 30 in Duane. Its eastern terminus was at a junction with NY 3 near the Franklin community of Merrillsville. The narrow, winding route passed through isolated and heavily wooded areas of Adirondack Park. NY 99 was known as the Port Kent–Hopkinton Turnpike and maintained by Franklin County as a county highway. The state highway had been co-designated, and is signed today solely as County Route 26 (CR 26).

Blue Ridge Road Highway in New York

Blue Ridge Road is a 19.2-mile (30.9 km) long roadway in Essex County, New York, in the United States. The road is designated as County Route 84 (CR 84) from NY 28N in Newcomb to Interstate 87 (I-87) in North Hudson, and as New York State Route 910K (NY 910K) between I-87 and U.S. Route 9 (US 9) in North Hudson. The CR 84 portion is an 18-mile (29 km), two-lane stretch of rural highway maintained by the Essex County Department of Public Works' Highway Division while NY 910K is a 1 mile (1.6 km) highway maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT). All of Blue Ridge Road has been designated as the "Blue Ridge Road Scenic Byway" by NYSDOT.

East Lake George, New York Hamlet in New York, United States

East Lake George is a hamlet within the towns of Queensbury and Fort Ann in the U.S. state of New York. East Lake George attempted to incorporate as a village, a measure rejected by voters in 2010.

Hadlock Pond, also known as Lake Hadlock or Sunderland Pond, is a small man-made reservoir formed on a tributary of Halfway Creek in the Town of Fort Ann in Washington County, New York, United States.

Greenwich (town), New York Town in New York, United States

Greenwich is a town in the southwestern part of Washington County, New York, United States. The town is located on the western border of the county. The population was 4,896 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. Greenwich features several homes that were a part of the Underground Railroad.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "What Happened to the "E"?". Town of Fort Ann. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Jul 5, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  4. 1 2 "Population and Housing Unit Estimates" . Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  5. ↑ Washington County GIS Web Map (Map). Washington County, NY. Archived from the original on January 7, 2010. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Metropolitan Areas and Components, 1999, with FIPS Codes". US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
  7. 1 2 3 4 NYS Department of Transportation Raster Quadrangle M51 (Map). Cartography by USGS. NYSDOT. 1992. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Johnson, Crisfield (1878). History of Washington Co., New York. Everts & Ensign.
  9. ↑ Fort Ann: 300 Years of History, The Fort Ann Historical Society, 2007
  10. ↑ Vasiliev, Ren (2004). From Abbotts to Zurich: New York State Placenames. Syracuse University Press. p. 81. ISBN   9780815607984.
  11. 1 2 3 "New York by Place and County Subdivision". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
  12. 1 2 Overview of Fort Ann (Map). Cartography by My Topo.com. Acme Mapper 2.0. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
  13. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Counting prisoners". US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 12, 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  15. 1 2 "Facility Listing". NYS Department of Correctional Services. Archived from the original on September 23, 2006. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  16. ↑ Richburg, Keith B. (April 26, 2009). "Before Census, a Debate Over Prisoners". Washington Post. Retrieved July 12, 2010. You have a disproportionately black and Hispanic male population that is counted in the wrong spot.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 "Town of Fort Ann". Rootsweb. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
  18. 1 2 3 4 NYS Department of Transportation Raster Quadrangle L50 (Map). Cartography by USGS. NYSDOT. 1992. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
  19. ↑ Washington County GIS Web Map (Map). Washington County. Archived from the original on January 7, 2010. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
  20. ↑ NYS Department of Transportation Raster Quadrangle L49 (Map). Cartography by USGS. NYSDOT. 1992. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
  21. ↑ Roman, Dayelin (August 26, 2010). "East Lake George proposal is defeated". The Post-Star. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NYS Department of Transportation Raster Quadrangle M50 (Map). Cartography by USGS. NYSDOT. 1992. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
  23. ↑ Lehman, Don (June 17, 2010). "Jury spreads out blame for Hadlock Pond dam collapse". The Post Star. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.