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.