Chaumont (New York)
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Location in New York
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1874 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | new York | ||
| County : | Jefferson County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 4 ′ N , 76 ° 8 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 624 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 249.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 2.7 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 2.5 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 89 m | ||
| Postal code : | 13622 | ||
| Area code : | +1 315 | ||
| FIPS : | 36-14036 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 2391600 | ||
| Website : | www.chaumontny.org | ||
Chaumont is a village in Jefferson County in the US state of New York . The place has 624 inhabitants on an area of two square kilometers. It lies at a height of 89 meters.
geography
The village is located in the north of the state of New York on the east bank of Lake Ontario , on the south bank of the confluence of the Chaumont River , which flows into the Chaumont Bay . On the opposite bank, about 200 meters as the crow flies and connected to Chaumont by a bridge over the river, lies the village of Lyme Village . The terrain is characterized by a ground moraine from the Ice Age ; accordingly, there are no noteworthy surveys to be found.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Clayton , 4.1 mi
- Northeast: Brownville Village , 10.2 mi
- South: Sackets Harbor , 2.2 mi
- Northwest: Cape Vincent , 17.2 km
climate
The mean mean temperature in Chaumont is between -7.2 ° C (19 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 21.1 ° C (70 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that compared to the long-term mean of New York in the winter half-year, the place is around 2.0 degrees cooler than the mean for the state, while in the summer half-year the mean values of New York are only slightly undercut. The snowfalls between October and May, with the main cases in December and January, are up to 72.5 centimeters (28.5 inches), slightly below the mean snow depth in the USA, the daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the value spectrum in the USA.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
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| Residents | 66 | 304 | 370 | 479 | 623 | |||||
| year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
| Residents | 738 | 708 | 595 | 596 | 584 | 618 | 523 | 567 | 620 | 593 |
| year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
| Residents | 592 | 624 |
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Chaumont is connected to American domestic traffic by New York State Route 12E . A simple runway for private planes , the Salburious Point Airport , complements the transport connections.
media
There are no television or radio stations in Chaumont; Transmitters for television, short and VHF stations can be found in Watertown, Cape Vincent and Carthage.
Public facilities
Besides the usual administrative offices and a public library with around 15,000 volumes, Chaumont does not have any public institutions. The closest hospital is the Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown .
education
In the village of Chaumont there is a central elementary school and a high school that runs up to 12th grade; they serve as training places for the villages in the area. The nearest, larger colleges are in Watertown, Oswego and Canton, the nearest university campus in Potsdam.
literature
- John Homer French: Gazetteer of the State of New York . RP Smith, Syracuse, NY 1860 ( archive.org [PDF; 63.8 MB ; accessed on August 25, 2015]).
- Hamilton Child: Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, NY, 1685-1890 . The Syracuse journal company, Syracuse, NY 1890, pp. 247 f . ( archive.org [PDF; 96.5 MB ; accessed on September 28, 2015]).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chaumont in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System ; accessed on October 12, 2015
- ↑ The coordinates come from a frequently updated file that can be downloaded from the USGS website . Because of the frequent extensions, only the link to the page with the current download is stored here; the data used here is from October 1, 2015.
- ↑ a b c d climate data, school and media entries at www.City-Data.com (English)
- ↑ Population 1850-2010 according to census results