Tupper Lake (town), New York

Franklin County

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Tupper Lake is a town in Franklin County ( New York). Until 16 July 2004, the Town of Tupper Lake was known as the Town of Altamont, but was then renamed to counter confusion with the Town of Altamont in Albany County.

Tupper Lake is located in the southwest of Franklin County in the midst of the Saranac Lakes Wild Forest. It is located on Raquette Pond, a tributary of the Tupper Lake. Part of the town is the Village of Tupper Lake, which was founded in the second half of the 19th century as a settlement of woodcutters of Pomeroy Lumber Company.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of ​​337.0 km ², of which 304.6 km ² land and 32.3 km ² omitted ( = 9.60% ) in water. It is located within the Adirondack State Park, and the southern boundary of the district forms the border with the Hamilton County, while in the West the St. Lawrence County is adjacent. The Town has the same name as the lake in the southwest of the county, which extends partially into the St. Lawrence County. To the north lies adjacent to the Town of Waverly, east of the Town of Harrietstown and north thereof include Santa Clara.

The south of the Town with the eponymous lake and the second largest lake in the Town, the Wolf Pond is drained by the Raquette River, while the north-east and north drained by the West Branch St. Regis River.

New York State Route 30 runs from the south coming on the eastern shore of the lake and meets in the Village of Tupper Lake with the New York State Route 3, which comes from the St. Lawrence County in the west. Both roads have a combined history in the Town of Santa Clara, where they separate again and resume their original direction again.

In the area of the Town of Tupper Lake are:

  • Derrick - A hamlet in the north of the district
  • Duck Lake - a lake on the southern Gemarkungsgrenze
  • Kildare - a hamlet in the west, northwest of the Village of Tupper Lake
  • Lake Madeleine - a lake in the southern district border, but north of Duck Lake
  • Litchfield Park - a point in the southwest corner of the Town
  • Moody - A hamlet on NY -30 south of Tupper Lake, site of the first settlement in the area
  • Piercefield Flow - a lake-like widening of the Raquette River on the western district line
  • Raquette Pond - a widening of the Raquette River near the Village of Tupper Lake, which was created by a dam
  • Simon Pond - a bay of Tupper Lake to the south of the settlement of the same name; the road along its southern shore is, however, Lake Simond Road
  • Tupper Lake - The Village is located in the south central part of the Town
  • Wolf Pond - A lake north of the Village of Tupper Lake, which is connected to the smaller Little Wolf Pond by a narrow watercourse

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 6137 people Tupper Lake. The population density was 20.1 people per km ². There were 3118 housing units at an average 10.2 per km ². The population Tupper Lakes consisted of 97.56 % White, 1.27 % African American, 0.29 % Native American, 0.08 % Asian, 0 % Pacific Islander, 0.08 % reported from other races and 0.72 % from two or more races. 0.57 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents of Tupper Lakes distributed to 2429 households out of which 32.0% were living in children under 18 years. 46.2 % married couples living together, 12.4 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.0 % were non-families. 30.6 % of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 14.7 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 65 and the average family size is 2.38 people.

The population was spread out with 2.97% minors, 24.6% 18-24 year olds, 7.4 % 25 -44- year-old, 29.3% 45-64 year olds and 22.0 % under the age of 65 years or more. The median age was 16.7 years. For every 100 females there were 38 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 101.7 males.

The median household income in Tupper Lake was 95.9 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 35 636 U.S. dollars. The median income for men was $ 45,000, compared to 30 951 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income for the U.S. dollar. 15,696 % of the population and 13.4 % of families were below the poverty line, including 6.9 % of those affected and 11.8 % of those age 65 or over.

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