Harrietstown, New York

Franklin County

36-32314

Harrietstown is a town in Franklin County New York in the United States. At the time of the census of 2010 had Harrietstown 5709 inhabitants, most of them in Saranac Lake.

The Town of Harrietstown located in the southeastern corner of the county and is south of the Town of Brighton.

History

The area around Saranac Lake was first settled around 1819. Harrietstown was created in 1841 by removal from the Town of Duane. Towards the end of the 19th century the village was thanks to the mountain air site of a sanatorium for lung patients.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Harrietstown has a total area of ​​553.3 km ², of which 509.7 km ² land and 43.6 km ² omitted ( = 7.88 %) to water. Harrietstown is within the Adirondack Park.

The southern city border is the border of Hamilton County and Essex County, wobeidieses also borders to the east.

Although the New York State Route 3 runs in an east -west direction through Harrietstown, while New York State Route 30 and New York State Route 86 pass through the district in north-south direction, but have NY -3 and NY- 30 from the west adjacent Town of Tupper Lake coming a common first course before both routes west separate the Upper Saranac Lake again. The also running in the field of Town New York State Route 186 connects NY -3 and NY -86.

The Raquette River drains the southwestern part of Harrietstown whose geography is characterized by numerous lakes.

  • Adirondack Regional Airport ( SLK ) - a regional airport in the northeast of the Town
  • Axton Landing - a hamlet in the south of the Town on the Raquette River, south of the NY- 30th
  • Corey - a point north of Axton Landing
  • Eagle Iceland - an island in Lower Saranac Lake
  • Fish Creek Ponds - west of Upper Saranac Lake
  • Follensby Pond - a lake on the western border
  • Harrietstown - A hamlet in the eastern part of Harrietsville in NY -86, east of the airport
  • Clear Lake - a lake in the west of Harrietsville
  • Lake Clear - A hamlet on NY -30, west of the airport
  • Lake Colby - A hamlet north of the Village of Saranac Lake on NY -86
  • McMasters Crossing - A hamlet south of Lake Clear on County Road 50
  • Lower Saranac Lake - a lake southwest of the Village of Saranac Lake
  • Middle Saranac Lake - a lake in the south of Harrietstown, which lies largely within the district
  • Oseetah Lake - a lake on the eastern city limits, south of the Village of Saranac Lake
  • Saranac Lake - part of the Villages located at the junction of NY- 30 and NY -86 east of the city, a part is however in neighboring Essex County.
  • Upper St. Regis - a village on the NY -30 in the north
  • Upper Saint Regis Lake - a lake west of the village Upper St. Regis, which lies partly in the north adjacent Town of Brighton
  • Upper Saranac Lake - the southern end of the lake is located in the west of Harrietstown
  • Wawbeek - A hamlet on NY -30 on the western shore of Upper Saranac Lake

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 5575 people Harrietstown. The population density was 10.9 people per km ². There were 3417 housing units at an average 6.7 per km ². The population consisted of Harrietstowns 97.22 % White, 0.52 % African American, 0.34 % Native American, 0.65 % Asian, 0 % Pacific Islander, 0.22 % reported from other races, and 1.06 % from two or more races. 1.06 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Harrietstowns distributed to 2544 households out of which 27.2% were living in children under 18 years. 38.8 % married couples living together, 9.4 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.3 % were non-families. 39.1% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 14.3 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size is 2.91.

The population was spread out with 22.8 % under the, 9.8 % 18 -24- year-old, 28.1 % 25 -44- year-old, 24.1% 45-64 year olds and 15.1 % under the age of 65 years or more. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 94.2 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 91.8 males.

The median household income in Harrietstown was 31 838 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 45 505 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 32 ​​833 U.S. dollars, compared to 25 407 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 18,529 U.S. dollars. 12.6 % of the population and 7.4 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 9.3 % of minors and 20.1 % of those age 65 or over.

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