St. Armand, New York
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St. Armand is a
town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
in Essex County,
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, United States. The population was 1,446 at the 2020 census. The town was named by an early settler for
Saint-Armand, Quebec Saint-Armand () is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality and the Eastern Townships. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,248. It is located on the Canada ...
, in
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. The town of St. Armand is in the northwestern corner of the county and is southwest of
Plattsburgh Plattsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, New York, United States, situated on the north-western shore of Lake Champlain. The population was 19,841 at the 2020 census. The population of the surrounding (and separately in ...
.


History

The town was first settled ''circa'' 1829. The early industry was based on
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production. After most of the trees were harvested, farming became predominant. Because the town was set at the conjunction of five roads, including New York Route 3, it became an active community. The town was set off from the town of Wilmington in 1844. By the end of the 19th century, the town had become the locale for sanatoria intended for
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(TB) cures. Dr.
Edward Trudeau Edward Livingston Trudeau (October 5, 1848 – November 15, 1915) was an American physician who established the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium at Saranac Lake for the treatment of tuberculosis. Dr. Trudeau also established the Saranac Labor ...
, in 1884, was one of the first to establish a sanatorium within the town, near the village of Saranac Lake.


Notable person

*
Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll ...
, author, spent one year in St. Armand for a TB cure


Geography

According to the
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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.63%, is water. The northern and eastern town lines are the border of Franklin County. The town is in the
Adirondack Park The Adirondack Park is a park in northeastern New York (state), New York protecting the Adirondack Mountains. The park was established in 1892 for "the free use of all the people for their health and pleasure", and for watershed protection. At , ...
. The
Saranac River The Saranac River is an river in the U.S. state of New York. Geography In its upper reaches is a region of mostly flat water and lakes. The river has more than three dozen source lakes and ponds north of Upper Saranac Lake; the highest is Mount ...
flows through the northwestern part of St. Armand.
New York State Route 3 New York State Route 3 (NY 3) is a major east–west state highway in New York, in the United States, that connects central New York to the North Country region near the Canada–US border via Adirondack Park. The route extends for ...
passes through the western part of the town.


Demographics

At the 2000
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, there were 1,321 people, 543 households and 349 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 689 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 97.43%
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, 0.38%
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, 0.61% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.61% from other races, and 0.76% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 1.14% of the population. There were 543 households, of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.1% were
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living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.7% were non-families. 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.04. Age distribution was 25.8% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 26.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.7 males. The
median household income The median income is the income amount that divides a population into two groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having an income below that amount. It may differ from the mean (or average) income. Both of these are ways of und ...
was $39,500, and the median family income was $51,250. Males had a median income of $36,696 versus $23,828 for females. The
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for the town was $18,828. About 4.0% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the
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, including 9.6% of those under age 18 and 11.0% of those age 65 or over.


Communities and locations in St. Armand

* Bloomingdale – A
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near the northern town line on NY-3. The community was founded ''circa'' 1852. *Camp Woodsmoke – A youth camp formerly located at the northern end of Lake Placid. *
Franklin Falls Pond Franklin Falls Pond is a , pond created by damming the Saranac River northeast of Lower Saranac Lake in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York State. The pond is also part of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, which begins in Old Forg ...
– A wide part of the
Saranac River The Saranac River is an river in the U.S. state of New York. Geography In its upper reaches is a region of mostly flat water and lakes. The river has more than three dozen source lakes and ponds north of Upper Saranac Lake; the highest is Mount ...
at the northern town boundary. * Lake Placid – A small part of the northern end of the lake is within the town. *Moose Pond – A small lake in the western part of St. Armand. * Saranac Lake – A small part of the village of Saranac Lake is in the southeastern part of the town. *St. Armand – A location near the northern town line on NY-3. *Trudeau – A hamlet northeast of Saranac Lake village on NY-3, named for Dr.
Edward Livingston Trudeau Edward Livingston Trudeau (October 5, 1848 – November 15, 1915) was an American physician who established the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium at Saranac Lake, New York, Saranac Lake for the treatment of tuberculosis. Dr. Trudeau also establi ...
.


References


External links


Town of St. Armand official website





Historic St. Armand photos
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