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Essex County Facts

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Facts of Interest

  • Population: 38,851
  • Year Organized: 1799
  • Area: 1,797 Square Miles
  • County Seat: Elizabethtown
  • Main Industry: Accomodation and Food Service
  • County Supervisors: 18
  • County Nursing Homes: 1
  • State Parks: The Adirondack Park
  • Communities: 32
  • 25 Uniformed Police Officers
  • School Districts: 11

  • Named after Essex County, England.
  • Home of Fort Ticonderoga.
  • Home of the 1812 Homestead and Nature Trail.
  • Home of High Falls Gorge.
  • Home of North Pole, Ny, and Santa’s Workshop.
  • Home of Whiteface Mountain.
  • Home of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics (Lake Placid).
  • Home of the John Brown Farm State Historic Site.
Last modified: February 25, 2008
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