Carmel (New York)

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Carmel
Historic Putnam County Courthouse, built 1614
Historic Putnam County Courthouse, built 1614
Location in New York
Carmel (New York)
Carmel
Carmel
Basic data
State : United States
State : new York
County : Putnam County
Coordinates : 41 ° 26 ′  N , 73 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 26 ′  N , 73 ° 41 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 34,360 (as of 2017; estimate)
Population density : 367.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 105.4 km 2  (approx. 41 mi 2 ) of
which 93.5 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 197 m
Postal code : 10512
Area code : +1 845
FIPS : 35-12529
GNIS ID : 0978793
Website : www.carmelny.org

Carmel is a city in Putnam County , New York State , USA . In 2017 the city had about 34,000 inhabitants. It is the county seat of Putnam County. The city of Carmel includes the two localities Mahopac and Mahopac Falls.

history

The land of Carmel was originally inhabited by Indians of the Wappingers tribe, who sold it to Dutch traders in 1691. In 1697 a wealthy New York merchant, Adolph Philipse, bought the land from the merchants and was granted permission by King William III of England to cover all of the land that is now Putnam County. The settlers who arrived here in 1720 became the tenants of the Philipse family or the Indians.

On the night of April 26, 1777, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington made her still famous ride through Carmel and Kent to summon her father with his "Regiment Ludington" to repel a British attack on Danbury, CT. A memorial was placed on her.

After the American Revolution, the lower part of Dutchess County was split off into several new towns, which became Putnam County in 1812. One of these cities was Carmel, which was founded in April 1795. Carmel and the surrounding area remained mostly arable land until the mid-nineteenth century.

In the early years to the mid-nineteenth century, Carmel, and Lake Mahopac in particular, became a popular vacation spot for city dwellers who discovered the region's beautiful lakes and rural charm. From 1834, hotels, guesthouses and holiday homes were built along the lake shore so that crowds of visitors could enjoy swimming, boating, skating and all kinds of summer and winter activities. The Mahopac Hotel, Thompson House, Dean House and Waldhaus were among the largest and most popular hotels. A junction of the Harlem Railroad made traveling from New York City to Mahopac more convenient from 1871. The New York City and Northern Railroad was built by Carmel in 1880 and had five stopping points in the city.

The Webster Act of 1893 eventually resulted in many apartments and houses being built on the shores of Lake Gleneida. Eventually, construction of the West Branch and Croton Falls reservoirs was completed in 1898 and 1911, respectively.

Today, Carmel has three locations on the National Register of Historic Places:

  • Gilead Cemetery as the final resting place of at least two dozen veterans of the Revolutionary War including the patriotic spy Enoch Crosby.
  • The Reed Memorial Library was inaugurated in 1914 and was built by Arrietta Crane Reed in memory of her husband, William Belden Reed. In 2013 the library celebrated its 100th anniversary.
  • Putnam County's Courthouse was built in 1814 and remodeled several times over the years. It closed in 1988 for extensive repairs and reopened in 1994. It is still used today for court hearings when needed.

geography

The city of Carmel is on the southern border of Putnam County and Westchester County . It is part of the Hudson Valley region and has many beautiful lakes and parks, such as B. Sycamore Park, and Chamber Park, which are on the shores of Mahopac Lake.

According to the United States Census Bureau , the city extends over 105.4 km², 11.9 km² or 11.26% is water.

Residents

The population density of Carmel is 352.9 people / km².

The population is made up as follows (as of 2012):

  • Whites alone - 29,938 (90.7%)
  • Hispanic - 1,955 (5.9%)
  • Asians alone - 386 (1.2%)
  • African Americans alone - 325 (1.0%)
  • Two or more races - 336 (1.0%)
  • Other origins alone - 39 (0.1%)
  • Native American (Indian) alone - 24 (0.07%)
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific islands alone - 3 (0.01%)

The proportion of Hispanics , immigrants from Spanish-speaking countries, is around 6%.

Ethnicity of the population: Italy (35.3%), Ireland (25.0%), Germany (15.5%), Poland (5.5%), England (5.0%), United States (3.7 %).

As of March 2012, the cost of living was 329.0 points and is very high when measured against the US average of 100.

1.5% of the residents live below the poverty line

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ City story of Brian Vangor, Town Historian
  2. ↑ a b City data Carmel

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