Canaan, New York

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Canaan, New York
Lace House, Canaan, NY.jpg
The Lace House in Canaan
Columbia County New York incorporated areas Canaan highlighted.svg
Location of Canaan, New York
Coordinates: 42°24′7″N73°26′47″W / 42.40194°N 73.44639°W / 42.40194; -73.44639
CountryUnited States
State New York
County Columbia
Government
  Type Town council
   Town supervisor Brenda Adams (D)
   Town board
List
Area
[1]
  Total36.93 sq mi (95.65 km2)
  Land36.65 sq mi (94.93 km2)
  Water0.28 sq mi (0.72 km2)
Elevation
981 ft (299 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
  Total1,570
  Density43/sq mi (16/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
12029
Area code 518
FIPS code 36-021-12056
GNIS feature ID0978781
Website canaannewyork.org

Canaan is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 1,570 at the 2020 census, [3] down from 1,710 at the 2010 census. [4] The town is in the northeastern part of the county.

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History

The first settlers arrived around 1759. The town was founded in 1772 as "Kings District". The name was changed to "Canaan" in 1788. One of the oldest sections of Canaan is Frisbie Street, settled in 1770 by Gideon Frisbie, an immigrant from Canaan, Connecticut. [5] Frisbie Street fronts what was once the Albany-Boston stagecoach route.

At approximately 1 p.m. (EDT) on August 28, 1973, an F4 tornado touched down in Canaan and moved in a south-southeast direction across the Massachusetts state line into the town of West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It caused significant damage to the Berkshire Farm for Boys in Canaan then “obliterated” nearly every house in its path in West Stockbridge. Finally, it leveled the Berkshire Truck Stop on Massachusetts Route 102 near the Massachusetts Turnpike, overturning and throwing trucks and cars and ripping gas pumps out of their stands. When it was over, four people had been killed (including three at the truck stop), 36 were injured, and approximately $25 million ($148 million, 2021 USD) in damage had been done.

The Lace House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [6]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.9 square miles (95.7 km2), of which 36.7 square miles (95.0 km2) is land and 0.27 square miles (0.7 km2), or 0.76%, is water. [4] The majority of the town drains westward or northward via tributaries of Kinderhook Creek to the Hudson River, notably Queechy Lake Brook and Buttercup Creek, both of which flow into the Stony Kill. The southeastern corner of the town drains via Flat Brook into the Williams River in Massachusetts and thence to the Housatonic River, which flows south into Connecticut.

The eastern town line is the border of Massachusetts.

Interstate 90 passes through the town, connecting the Massachusetts Turnpike to the east with the New York State Thruway to the west. I-90 has one interchange in the town, with New York State Route 22.

The Taconic Mountains rise in the northeastern corner of the town.

The Taconic Mountain area countryside on NY-22 near Edwards Park Road, Canaan, New York. Taconic countryside on NY-22 near Edwards Park Road, Canaan, New York.jpg
The Taconic Mountain area countryside on NY-22 near Edwards Park Road, Canaan, New York.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1820 2,079
1830 2,064−0.7%
1840 1,957−5.2%
1850 1,941−0.8%
1860 2,19713.2%
1870 1,877−14.6%
1880 1,654−11.9%
1890 1,561−5.6%
1900 1,307−16.3%
1910 1,167−10.7%
1920 1,085−7.0%
1930 979−9.8%
1940 1,0426.4%
1950 1,28423.2%
1960 1,272−0.9%
1970 1,47215.7%
1980 1,65412.4%
1990 1,7737.2%
2000 1,8202.7%
2010 1,710−6.0%
2020 1,570−8.2%
U.S. Decennial Census [7] 2020 [8]

As of the census [9] of 2000, there were 1,820 people, 643 households, and 414 families residing in the town. The population density was 49.6 inhabitants per square mile (19.2/km2). There were 970 housing units at an average density of 26.4 per square mile (10.2/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 87.80% White, 8.63% African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.66% Asian, 1.21% from other races, and 1.37% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.25% of the population.

There were 643 households, out of which 27.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.5% were married couples living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.5% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 34.2% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 20.9% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 137.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $51,607, and the median income for a family was $62,656. Males had a median income of $44,063 versus $37,083 for females. The per capita income for the town was $28,209. About 2.7% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.1% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.

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