Long Lake, New York

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Long Lake, New York
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The hamlet of Long Lake approaching on N.Y. Route 30 from the bridge.
Hamilton County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Long Lake highlighted.svg
Location in Hamilton County and the state of New York.
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Long Lake
Location within the state of New York
Coordinates: 43°58′20″N74°25′15″W / 43.97222°N 74.42083°W / 43.97222; -74.42083
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of New York.svg New York
County Hamilton
Government
  Type Town Board
   Town Supervisor Clay Arsenault
   Town Board
Members' List
Area
[1]
  Total
449.84 sq mi (1,165.07 km2)
  Land407.03 sq mi (1,054.21 km2)
  Water42.80 sq mi (110.86 km2)  9.51%
Elevation
[2]
1,906 ft (581 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
791
  Density1.8/sq mi (0.68/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code [3]
12847
Area code 518
FIPS code 36-041-43412
GNIS feature ID [4] 979168
Website www.mylonglake.com

Long Lake is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 791 at the 2020 census. [5]

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The town is named for 14-mile-long (23 km) Long Lake, beside which it sits. A census designated place bearing the same name sits within Long Lake, home to 596 of the town's 791 inhabitants. The town is entirely within the Adirondack Park and is the northernmost town in the county. It is a summer tourism destination offering fishing, hiking, boating and swimming. In the winter months, snowmobiling is also popular. Long Lake is the home of the historic Adirondack Hotel. Long Lake is also noted for being home to Sabattis Scout Reservation, a long-term camp operated by the Longhouse Council, Boy Scouts of America. [6]

History

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The hamlet of Long Lake from the air

The town was settled circa 1833 by Joel Plumley, a native of Vermont.

The town of Long Lake was formed in 1837 from sections of the towns of Arietta, Morehouse, Lake Pleasant, and Wells. In 1861, the town was increased by additions from Arietta, Lake Pleasant, and Morehouse.

Long Lake is part of the 1.1 million acres (4,500 km2) acquired from the Mohawk nation as part of the 1771 Totten and Crossfield Purchase. [7] Long Lake is a glacial widening of the Raquette River and is part of the water route that connects the Fulton Chain Lakes with the Saint Lawrence River drainage. This route was frequently traveled by guideboat in the mid-late 19th century. At that time, "a typical trip might start at the Saranacs from which a party could make its way to the Raquette River via Indian Carry and Stoney Creek." [8] The trip continued "via the lakes accessible from it Long, Raquette, Forked, Blue and Tupper." [8] Settled by the 1830s, Long Lake was isolated, except by water, until William Seward Webb's Mohawk and Malone Railway was built through what was then known as Long Lake West in 1892. Long Lake and Long Lake West were connected by a stage route. The Mohawk & Malone Railway was taken over by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1894, and was merged into the New York Central Railroad in 1913. Passenger rail service on the NYC ended on April 24, 1965. The town of Long Lake West was later renamed Sabattis, after Peter Sabattis and his son Mitchell Sabattis, the Abenaki Indian guides who came down from Canada and first settled in this area, followed by a long line of their offspring and family.

Long Lake West was the site of a fire that destroyed most of the town in 1908.

Long Lake is the starting point of the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail. On September 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt was climbing Mount Marcy when he got word that President William McKinley, who had been shot two weeks before in Buffalo, but had been expected to improve, had taken a serious turn for the worse.

Roosevelt rushed down 10 miles (16 km) from his campsite at Lake Tear of the Clouds to the closest town and telephone, which was outside of Newcomb, approximately 15 miles (24 km) east of Long Lake. From there he took a legendary midnight stagecoach ride to the closest train station 26 miles (42 km) to the south, at North Creek, where he learned that McKinley had died. Roosevelt was sworn in at Buffalo.

Geography

Long Lake is located in northern Hamilton County at 43°58′18″N074°35′10″W / 43.97167°N 74.58611°W / 43.97167; -74.58611 (43.9717408, -74.5862453) and its elevation is 1,906 feet (581 m). [2] It is bordered to the west by Herkimer County, to the north by St. Lawrence and Franklin counties, and to the east by Essex County.

According to the 2010 United States Census, the town has a total area of 449.837 square miles (1,165.07 km2), of which 407.033 square miles (1,054.21 km2) is land and 42.804 square miles (110.86 km2) is water. [9]

The town is in the Adirondack Park. It is the second-largest town in land area in New York (after Webb in Herkimer County). The town of Long Lake extends approximately 25 miles (40 km) east to west and up to 12 miles (19 km) north to south. The town extends across the northern part of the county.

New York State Route 30, a north–south highway, intersects New York State Route 28N at Long Lake village. NY-28N and NY-30 run conjoined through part of Long Lake. New York State Route 28 is an east–west highway in the southwestern part of the town.

The body of water known as Long Lake is about 14 miles (23 km) long and up to 1-mile (1.6 km) wide. The lake extends from southwest to northeast and is part of the Raquette River system. The Raquette flows into Long Lake at the southwestern end and out the northeastern end, ultimately emptying into the St. Lawrence River.

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The Adirondack Hotel
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The Mill Pond

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1840 59
1850 11188.1%
1860 223100.9%
1870 28025.6%
1880 32415.7%
1890 58079.0%
1900 1,02376.4%
1910 1,14912.3%
1920 1,116−2.9%
1930 1,038−7.0%
1940 943−9.2%
1950 896−5.0%
1960 8960.0%
1970 9000.4%
1980 9353.9%
1990 930−0.5%
2000 852−8.4%
2010 711−16.5%
2020 79111.3%
U.S. Decennial Census [10]

As of the census [11] of 2000, there were 852 people, 387 households, and 236 families residing in the town. The population density was 2.1 people per square mile (0.81 people/km2). There were 1,496 housing units at an average density of 3.7 units per square mile (1.4 units/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 97.42% White, 0.59% African American, 0.35% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 0.23% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.06% of the population.

There were 387 households, out of which 21.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.2% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.8% were non-families. 31.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.68.

In the town, the age distribution of the population shows 18.4% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 22.3% from 25 to 44, 35.3% from 45 to 64, and 19.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $29,583, and the median income for a family was $44,583. Males had a median income of $29,141 versus $21,429 for females. The per capita income for the town was $19,466. About 9.9% of families and 15.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.7% of those under age 18 and 13.2% of those age 65 or over.

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Inhabited places

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Geographic features

References

  1. "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Town of Long Lake". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  3. "Post Offices By County: Hamilton County, New York". United States Postal Service . Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  4. "FIPS55 Data: New York". FIPS55 Data. United States Geological Survey. February 23, 2006. Archived from the original on October 19, 2006.
  5. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Sabattis Scout Reservation". cnyscouts.org. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  7. Schneider, Paul, The Adirondacks, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1997. ISBN   0-8050-5990-3. p. 89
  8. 1 2 Terrie, Phillip G., Wildlife and Wilderness: A History of Adirondack Mammals, Purple Mountain Press, Fleischmanns NY, ISBN   978-0-935796-39-1. pg. 44
  9. "County Subdivisions: New York". 2010 Census Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  10. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  11. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.