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'''Crown Point''' is a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|town]] in [[Essex County, New York|Essex County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States, located on the west shore of [[Lake Champlain]]. The population was 2,024 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US3603119246| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Crown Point town, Essex County, New York| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=February 22, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The name of the town is a direct translation of the original French name, {{lang|fr|Pointe à la Chevelure}}. | '''Crown Point''' is a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|town]] in [[Essex County, New York|Essex County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States, located on the west shore of [[Lake Champlain]]. The population was 2,042 at the 2020 census, up from 2,024 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US3603119246| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Crown Point town, Essex County, New York| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=February 22, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The name of the town is a direct translation of the original French name, {{lang|fr|Pointe à la Chevelure}}. | ||
The town is on the eastern edge of Essex County. It is {{convert|43|mi}} southwest of [[Burlington, Vermont]], {{convert|53|mi}} northeast of [[Queensbury, New York|Queensbury]], {{convert|120|mi}} south of [[Montreal, Quebec]] and {{convert|107|mi}} north of [[Albany, New York|Albany]].<ref>Google Maps</ref> | The town is on the eastern edge of Essex County. It is {{convert|43|mi}} southwest of [[Burlington, Vermont]], {{convert|53|mi}} northeast of [[Queensbury, New York|Queensbury]], {{convert|120|mi}} south of [[Montreal, Quebec]] and {{convert|107|mi}} north of [[Albany, New York|Albany]].<ref>Google Maps</ref> | ||
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According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|212.0|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|197.2|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|14.8|km2|order=flip}}, or 6.99%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> | According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|212.0|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|197.2|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|14.8|km2|order=flip}}, or 6.99%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> | ||
The eastern town line, defined by Lake Champlain, is the border of [[Vermont]] ([[Addison County, Vermont|Addison County]]). The [[Lake Champlain Bridge (1929–2009)|Champlain Bridge]] (Route 17) connected Crown Point to Vermont until 2009, when the bridge was demolished as unsafe. A temporary ferry service, operated by the [[Lake Champlain Transportation Company]] and funded by the states of New York and Vermont, provided access from Crown Point to Vermont from late 2009 until late 2011. The new bridge at Crown Point, scheduled to open in August 2011,<ref>[http:// | The eastern town line, defined by Lake Champlain, is the border of [[Vermont]] ([[Addison County, Vermont|Addison County]]). The [[Lake Champlain Bridge (1929–2009)|Champlain Bridge]] (Route 17) connected Crown Point to Vermont until 2009, when the bridge was demolished as unsafe. A temporary ferry service, operated by the [[Lake Champlain Transportation Company]] and funded by the states of New York and Vermont, provided access from Crown Point to Vermont from late 2009 until late 2011. The new bridge at Crown Point, scheduled to open in August 2011,<ref>[http://archive.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2010/02/01/temporary_lake_champlain_ferry_service_begins/ Temporary Lake Champlain ferry service begins], Boston.com, February 1, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.co.essex.ny.us/bdofsupervisors/(limnrznyhmehca45kj1nuy55)/Resolutions/20100201_February%202010%20Resolutions.pdf Essex County, NY Board of Supervisors Minutes, February 1, 2010]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref> opened to traffic that November. | ||
The town of Crown Point lies entirely within the [[Adirondack Park]]. | The town of Crown Point lies entirely within the [[Adirondack Park]]. | ||
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*'''Burdick Crossing''' – A hamlet in the northeastern part of the town, near the south end of Crown Point on County Road 48. | *'''Burdick Crossing''' – A hamlet in the northeastern part of the town, near the south end of Crown Point on County Road 48. | ||
*'''Cold Spring Park''' – A hamlet in the northeastern section of the town, on County Road 7. | *'''Cold Spring Park''' – A hamlet in the northeastern section of the town, on County Road 7. | ||
*'''Crown Point''' – The [[Hamlet (New York)|hamlet]] of Crown Point is in the eastern part of the town on Routes NY-9N and NY-22. [[Crown Point Green Historic District]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2015.<ref name="nps">{{cite web|url= | *'''Crown Point''' – The [[Hamlet (New York)|hamlet]] of Crown Point is in the eastern part of the town on Routes NY-9N and NY-22. [[Crown Point Green Historic District]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2015.<ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-2015-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places|date=May 29, 2015|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 5/18/15 through 5/22/15 |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref> | ||
*'''Crown Point''' – A [[peninsula]] at the southern end of Lake Champlain and the site of some historic fortifications. | *'''Crown Point''' – A [[peninsula]] at the southern end of Lake Champlain and the site of some historic fortifications. | ||
*'''Crown Point Center''' – A hamlet west of Factoryville at the junction of County Roads 2 and 7. | *'''Crown Point Center''' – A hamlet west of Factoryville at the junction of County Roads 2 and 7. | ||
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Image:Crown Point Light Lake Champlain N.Y.jpg|Crown Point Light, Lake Champlain, circa 1907 | Image:Crown Point Light Lake Champlain N.Y.jpg|Crown Point Light, Lake Champlain, circa 1907 | ||
Image:Crown Point Light House.jpg|Crown Point Light House | Image:Crown Point Light House.jpg|Crown Point Light House | ||
Image:Embarkation of Montgomery's troops at Crown Point.jpg|''The Embarkation of Montgomery's Troops at Crown Point''. [[Richard Montgomery]] and troops on shore at Crown Point, New York, en route for the [[Invasion of | Image:Embarkation of Montgomery's troops at Crown Point (cropped).jpg|''The Embarkation of Montgomery's Troops at Crown Point''. [[Richard Montgomery]] and troops on shore at Crown Point, New York, en route for the [[Invasion of Quebec (1775)|invasion of Quebec]]. Drawn by Sydney Adamson. Half-tone plate engraved by J.W. Evans. Printed 1902. | ||
Image:Ruins of Fort Frederick Crown Point N.Y.jpg|Ruins of [[Fort Crown Point]], circa 1902 | Image:Ruins of Fort Frederick Crown Point N.Y.jpg|Ruins of [[Fort Crown Point]], circa 1902 | ||
Image:Ruins of Fort Frederick, Crown Point, N.Y. 1907.jpg|Ruins of Fort Crown Point, circa 1907 | Image:Ruins of Fort Frederick, Crown Point, N.Y. 1907.jpg|Ruins of Fort Crown Point, circa 1907 | ||
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Image:Fort Henry from Fort Frederic Crown Point N.Y.jpg|Port Henry from [[Fort St. Frédéric]], Crown Point. Photograph shows view across Lake Champlain at hills in the distance on December 23, 1902. | Image:Fort Henry from Fort Frederic Crown Point N.Y.jpg|Port Henry from [[Fort St. Frédéric]], Crown Point. Photograph shows view across Lake Champlain at hills in the distance on December 23, 1902. | ||
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== Notable residents == | |||
* Kelly Tabor, novelist and filmmaker.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McKinstry |first1=Lohr |title=Crown Point native's Champ stories eyed for books, film |url=https://www.pressrepublican.com/news/crown-point-native-s-champ-stories-eyed-for-books-short-film/article_136ffba0-e5cc-11eb-8234-cfad4a5a7fdf.html |access-date=3 December 2025 |agency=Press Republican |date=July 15, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Limon |first1=Janice |title=Former South Carolina teacher's book to become movie |url=https://www.wyff4.com/article/south-carolina-teachers-book-to-become-movie/44053517 |access-date=3 December 2025 |agency=WYFF Channel 4 |publisher=ABC |date=June 12, 2023}}</ref> | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [ | * [https://townofcrownpointny.gov/ Town of Crown Point official website] | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160624002847/http://www.adkhistorycenter.org/esco/tow/crownpoint.html "Crown Point, NY"], Essex County Historical Society | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160624002847/http://www.adkhistorycenter.org/esco/tow/crownpoint.html "Crown Point, NY"], Essex County Historical Society | ||
* [http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/do/camping/campgrounds/crownpoint.html Crown Point campsite] | * [http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/do/camping/campgrounds/crownpoint.html Crown Point campsite] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:48, 3 July 2026
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The town is on the eastern edge of Essex County. It is Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Burlington, Vermont, Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Queensbury, Script error: No such module "convert". south of Montreal, Quebec and Script error: No such module "convert". north of Albany.[2]
History
Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Two European forts were built by colonists because of the area's strategic location at the narrows of Lake Champlain. The forts preceded organization of the town by more than half a century: first was Fort Saint-Frédéric built by the French in 1731, who came to this area from their colonial settlements to the north at Quebec and Montreal. They competed with the British for the fur trade with Native Americans in the area.
During the Seven Years' War (known as the French and Indian War in North America), the British gained control of this area. Before that, the French retreated and destroyed their fort to keep it out of the hands of the British. The latter built Fort Crown Point in 1759, then the largest earthen fort in their colonies. With British victory in the war, after 1763 France ceded all its territory in North America east of the Mississippi River to Britain.
During colonial times and the American Revolutionary War, the fort at Crown Point continued to be important for its strategic location – on the west shore of Lake Champlain about Script error: No such module "convert". north of Fort Ticonderoga, about a day's travel by the modes of that time. After the failure of the patriot American invasion of Canada in 1776, Fort Crown Point represented the northernmost area under American control. During the British Saratoga campaign in 1777, General John Burgoyne organized a supply magazine here to support his Siege of Ticonderoga.
The town of Crown Point, located a few miles south of the 1759 Fort, is an original town of the county, established in 1788 following the Revolution and before the organization of Essex County. Parts of Crown Point were later drawn off to form the town of Elizabethtown (1798). The modern European-American settlement of the town began around 1800 with an influx of settlers from Vermont.
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Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of Script error: No such module "convert"., of which Script error: No such module "convert". is land and Script error: No such module "convert"., or 6.99%, is water.[1]
The eastern town line, defined by Lake Champlain, is the border of Vermont (Addison County). The Champlain Bridge (Route 17) connected Crown Point to Vermont until 2009, when the bridge was demolished as unsafe. A temporary ferry service, operated by the Lake Champlain Transportation Company and funded by the states of New York and Vermont, provided access from Crown Point to Vermont from late 2009 until late 2011. The new bridge at Crown Point, scheduled to open in August 2011,[3][4] opened to traffic that November.
The town of Crown Point lies entirely within the Adirondack Park.
New York State Route 9N, New York State Route 22, and New York State Route 185 are north–south and east–west highways that pass through Crown Point. NY-9N and NY-22 are conjoined through the town. NY-185 runs up the Crown Point peninsula.
Demographics
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| 1820 | 1,522 | — | |
| 1830 | 2,041 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1840 | 2,212 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1850 | 2,378 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1860 | 2,252 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1870 | 2,449 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1880 | 4,287 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1890 | 3,135 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1900 | 2,112 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1910 | 1,690 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1920 | 1,413 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1930 | 1,468 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1940 | 1,661 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1950 | 1,707 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1960 | 1,685 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1970 | 1,857 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1980 | 1,837 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1990 | 1,963 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 2000 | 2,119 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 2010 | 2,024 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 2020 | 2,042 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
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As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 2,119 people, 797 households, and 578 families residing in the town. The population density was Script error: No such module "convert".. There were 1,063 housing units at an average density of Script error: No such module "convert".. The racial makeup of the town was 97.50% White, 0.09% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.14% from other races, and 1.65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.14% of the population.
There were 797 households, out of which 33.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.2% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.4% were non-families. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.06.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.0% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.0 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $33,958, and the median income for a family was $39,853. Males had a median income of $31,106 versus $20,074 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,692. About 10.8% of families and 14.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.9% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over.
Communities and locations in Crown Point
- Bulwagga Bay – A bay between Crown Point peninsula and the mainland of the county.
- Burdick Crossing – A hamlet in the northeastern part of the town, near the south end of Crown Point on County Road 48.
- Cold Spring Park – A hamlet in the northeastern section of the town, on County Road 7.
- Crown Point – The hamlet of Crown Point is in the eastern part of the town on Routes NY-9N and NY-22. Crown Point Green Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[7]
- Crown Point – A peninsula at the southern end of Lake Champlain and the site of some historic fortifications.
- Crown Point Center – A hamlet west of Factoryville at the junction of County Roads 2 and 7.
- Crown Point State Historic Site – A state park/historical site at the northern tip of Crown Point peninsula.
- Eagle Lake – A lake partly in the southwestern part of the town.
- Factoryville – A hamlet west of Crown Point village.
- Ironville – A hamlet in the southern part of the town, on County Road 2 at the northern end of Penfield Pond. It is the location of the Ironville Historic District.
- Penfield Pond – A lake partly inside Crown Point at the southern town line.
- Putts Creek Wildlife Management Area – A conservation area north of Crown Point village.
Gallery
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Lake Champlain, Crown Point Light between 1890 and 1910
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Crown Point Light, Lake Champlain, circa 1907
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Crown Point Light House
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The Embarkation of Montgomery's Troops at Crown Point. Richard Montgomery and troops on shore at Crown Point, New York, en route for the invasion of Quebec. Drawn by Sydney Adamson. Half-tone plate engraved by J.W. Evans. Printed 1902.
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Ruins of Fort Crown Point, circa 1902
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Ruins of Fort Crown Point, circa 1907
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Ruins of Fort Crown Point, between 1900 and 1906
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Port Henry from Fort St. Frédéric, Crown Point. Photograph shows view across Lake Champlain at hills in the distance on December 23, 1902.
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Notable residents
See also
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References
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External links
- Town of Crown Point official website
- "Crown Point, NY", Essex County Historical Society
- Crown Point campsite
- Crown Point historic site
- Crown Point history
- History of Crown Point, New York
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