Paul Smiths is a

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and

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(CDP) in the Town of

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Franklin County, New York Franklin County is a county on the northern border of the U.S. state of New York. To the north across the Canada–United States border are the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, from east to west. As of the 2020 census, the county popula ...

, United States. It is located on Lower Saint Regis Lake in the

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, northwest of Saranac Lake, located at 44°26' North 74°15' West. The population of the CDP was 671 at the 2010 census.

History

The hamlet was named after the Paul Smith's Hotel (formally known as the Saint Regis House), founded in 1859 by Apollos "Paul" Smith as one of the first wilderness resorts in the Adirondacks.

Paul Smith's College Paul Smith's College is a private college in Paul Smiths, New York. Paul Smith's College offers associate and bachelor's degrees. Its 14,000-acre campus is one of the largest college campuses in the world. Approximately 1,000 students attend ...

was built on the site of the hotel after the hotel burned down in 1930. It was funded by the estate of Smith's son Phelps, who died in 1937. It is the locale of

Osgood Pond Osgood Pond is a five hundred acre lake in the hamlet of Paul Smiths, Town of Brighton, Franklin County, New York. It is the site of White Pine Camp, the Summer White House of President Calvin Coolidge, and of the historic Northbrook Lodge, li ...

, home of historic

Northbrook Lodge Northbrook Lodge on Osgood Pond is a historic camp located within the Adirondack Forest Preserve in Paul Smiths in Franklin County, New York. The camp complex was built by noted great camp builder Benjamin A. Muncil for Canadian Senator Wilfri ...

, listed on the

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in 2014, and of

White Pine Camp White Pine Camp is an Adirondack Great Camp on Osgood Pond in Paul Smiths, New York. It served as the Summer White House for US President Calvin Coolidge from July 7 through September 18, 1926. The camp, built on for New York businessman Ar ...

, the Summer Whitehouse of President

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Geography

Paul Smiths is located in the southern part of the Town of Brighton, between Lower St. Regis Lake to the south and Osgood Pond to the north. It is in southern Franklin County. The CDP limits correspond to the campus of Paul Smith's College.

New York State Route 30 New York State Route 30 (NY 30) is a state highway in the central part of New York in the United States. It extends for from an interchange with NY 17 (Future Interstate 86) in the Southern Tier to the US–Canada border in ...

passes Paul Smiths, leading north to Malone, the Franklin County seat, and south to Tupper Lake.

New York State Route 86 New York State Route 86 (NY 86) is a long state highway located within Adirondack Park in northern New York, in the United States, linking Franklin County to Essex County. The western terminus of the route is at NY 30 in the ha ...

begins at Paul Smiths and leads southeast to Saranac Lake village. According to the

U.S. Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of the ...

, the Paul Smiths CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 34.63%, is water, consisting of part of Lower St. Regis Lake.

Demographics

Climate

The

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sub-type for this climate is "

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" (Warm Summer Continental Climate).Climate Summary for Paul Smiths, New York
/ref> Paul Smiths has a record high of 100, set in July 1936 and a record low of -48, set in January 1912, tying the state record low for January.

References

External links

''New York Times'', June 13, 1909, "PAUL SMITH'S.; The Vanderbilt Japanese Camp Being Made Ready for Occupancy."

Read or listen to the Oral history of Paul Smiths in the late 19th early 20th Centuries
Census-designated places in Franklin County, New York Census-designated places in New York (state) {{FranklinCountyNY-geo-stub