Taconic Shores is a residential development and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Columbia County,
New York
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, United States. The hamlet is near the geographic center of the
town of Copake and surrounds Robinson Pond, a water body on the
Roeliff Jansen Kill
The Roeliff Jansen Kill is a major tributary to the Hudson River. Roeliff Jansen Kill was the traditional boundary between the Native American Mahican and Wappinger tribes.
Its source is in the town of Austerlitz, New York, and its mouth is at ...
. The CDP was designated after the 2010 census.
Geography
Taconic Shores consists of a housing development surrounding Robinson Pond, part of the Roeliff Jansen Kill, a stream which flows west to the
Hudson River
The Hudson River, historically the North River, is a river that flows from north to south largely through eastern New York (state), New York state. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains at Henderson Lake (New York), Henderson Lake in the ...
. The community is just north of
Copake Hamlet and the Copake Town Hall. The community of
Copake Lake is to the northwest ( by road).
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the Taconic Shores CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 18.47%, is water.
Demographics
References
External links
Taconic Shores Property Owners Association
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Census-designated places in New York (state)
Census-designated places in Columbia County, New York