Queensbury, New York
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Queensbury is a
It contains the
Six Flags Great Escape and Hurricane Harbor, a Six Flags theme park, is located in northwest Queensbury. West Mountain, a downhill skiing area, is located in the southwestern part of town.[13]
History
Major efforts at settlement began with the Queensbury Patent in 1762, which enticed
In 1786, the town was re-established as the town of Queensbury. In 1788, the town included all of what is today Warren County. It lost territory in 1792 when the town of Fairfield (
In 2003, with permission from Queensbury,[17] Glens Falls annexed approximately 49 acres (0.20 km2) of the town. The land, known as Veterans Field[18] or the Northway Industrial Park, is on Veterans Road between Luzerne Road and Sherman Avenue[17] and is just east of I-87.[19] The land was vacant at the time.[17] A thin, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) strip of Sherman Avenue[20] was part of this annexation,[18] in order to comply with state law regarding contiguity of annexed land. Both the city and town now share ownership of this stretch of highway as a result.[20]
The Sanford House and Asa Stower House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[21]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 64.81 square miles (167.9 km2), of which 63.01 square miles (163.2 km2) is land and 1.80 square miles (4.7 km2) (2.78%) is water.[22] The town is located within the southeastern part of the Adirondack Mountains. The western town line is the border with the town of Lake Luzerne. The southern town boundary is defined by the border with the city of Glens Falls and the Hudson River, across which lies Saratoga County. The eastern town line is the border of Washington County, also New York State. The northern border is defined by the town of Lake George[23] and, according to the town and Warren County, by the shoreline of the body of water, Lake George, itself.[24][25] However, several maps, including those published by the USGS, depict the northern boundary as including part of the lake, including Speaker Heck Island and Happy Family Islands.[26]
Parts of western and northern Queensbury are within the Adirondack Park.[23]
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1820 | 2,433 | — | |
1830 | 3,080 | 26.6% | |
1840 | 3,789 | 23.0% | |
1850 | 2,597 | −31.5% | |
1860 | 7,146 | 175.2% | |
1870 | 8,387 | 17.4% | |
1880 | 9,805 | 16.9% | |
1890 | 2,340 | −76.1% | |
1900 | 2,377 | 1.6% | |
1910 | 2,667 | 12.2% | |
1920 | 2,584 | −3.1% | |
1930 | 3,169 | 22.6% | |
1940 | 4,199 | 32.5% | |
1950 | 5,907 | 40.7% | |
1960 | 10,004 | 69.4% | |
1970 | 14,506 | 45.0% | |
1980 | 18,978 | 30.8% | |
1990 | 22,630 | 19.2% | |
2000 | 25,441 | 12.4% | |
2010 | 27,901 | 9.7% | |
2020 | 29,169 | 4.5% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[27][28] |
As of the
There were 9,948 households, out of which 34.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.1% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. 22.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.97.[5]
In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.3% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males.[5]
The median income for a household in the town was $47,225, and the median income for a family was $54,880. Males had a median income of $39,260 versus $25,036 for females. The
Government
Queensbury is a town of the first class, and as such has a town board with a
As of 2018, the town government officials are:
Supervisor John Strough
Anthony Metivier - Councilman, Ward 1
Harrison Freer - Councilman, Ward 2
George Ferone - Councilman, Ward 3
Timothy McNulty - Councilman, Ward 4
In county government, Queensbury is entitled to five of the 20 seats on the Warren County Board of Supervisors. (Glens Falls also gets five seats, whereas the remaining ten towns in the county receive one seat each.) Four of Queensbury's seats are filled by town-wide election, whereas the fifth is reserved for the town supervisor.[34]
Emergency services
Emergency services can be accessed by dialing
Law enforcement and other police services are provided by the Warren County Sheriff's Office[35] and are supplemented by the New York State Police, which maintains a barracks in the town.[36] Queensbury has not had its own police force since disbanding it in 1982.[37]
The town is divided into five
Three emergency medical services (EMS) districts provide out-of-hospital acute care and ambulance services: Bay Ridge EMS, North Queensbury EMS, and West Glens Falls EMS.[39]
A
Culture
Queensbury was the home of the
Education
Public school districts
The town of Queensbury falls within four public
- Glens Falls City School District
- Hudson Falls Central School District
- Lake George Central School District
- Queensbury Union Free School District
Postsecondary education
- SUNY Adirondack[23] – a part of the State University of New York System[43]
- SUNY Plattsburgh at Queensbury – a branch campus that's part of the State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Notable people
- Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Washington Nationals, Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Angels and Baltimore Orioles; grew up in Queensbury.[44]
- Solomon Northup – American abolitionist and the primary author of the memoir Twelve Years a Slave. He lived with his daughter Margaret Stanton and her family in Queensbury by 1855.
- MLB Pitcher with the Brooklyn Dodgers/Los Angeles Dodgers, Detroit Tigers & San Diego Padres from 1953 to 1969;[45] lived in Queensbury following his baseball career.[46]
- Derek Richardson – Hollywood and TV actor known for roles in Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd & Hostel; born and raised in Queensbury.[47][48]
- Elwyn Seelye (1848-1920), founder of the New York State Historical Association and the first custodian of the Lake George battlefield site
- Joe Sylvester (1893–1976) – served as the first golf professional at the Glens Falls Country Club in 1914.
- Adam Terry – professional football lineman for the Tennessee Titans, Jacksonville Jaguars, San Diego Chargers, Indianapolis Colts, & Baltimore Ravens; grew up in Queensbury, where he played high school football.[49]
Communities and locations in the Town of Queensbury
- Aviation Mall – shopping center on Aviation Road.
- Brayton – A hamlet[14] in the northeastern part of town.[26]
- village, a measure rejected by voters in 2010.[50]
- Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport (GFL) – An airport, formerly known as the Warren County Airport, in the southeastern part of the town.[51]
- French Mountain – A hamlet[14] northwest of Glen Lake that shares its name with the mountain to its northeast.
- Glen Lake – A hamlet and lake north of Glens Falls North.
- Glens Falls North – a census-designated place along the northern borders of Glens Falls and West Glens Falls.[52]
- Six Flags Great Escape and Hurricane Harbor and the Six Flags Great Escape Lodge & Indoor Waterpark – Six Flags affiliated amusement park, water park and lodge located in Queensbury; opened 1954 as Storytown, U.S.A.
- Harrisena – A hamlet[14] roughly following State Route 9L in the northern section of the town which borders Lake George. Granted to American Revolutionary War spy Moses Harris for his service in the war.[53]
- Kattskill Bay – A hamlet in the northeasternmost area of the town.[51]
- Lake Sunnyside – A small lake and hamlet in the east-central portion of the town.
- Oneida Corners – A hamlet at the modern junction of Sunnyside Road and State Route 9L.[14]
- Paradise Beach – A hamlet in the vicinity of The Great Escape and Round Pond on County Route 17.[54]
- Queensbury – A hamlet located in the east part of the town near the Queensbury-Kingsbury-Fort Ann town lines.[55][56]
- West Glens Falls – A hamlet and census-designated place bordering the western side of the city of Glens Falls.[52]
- Other hamlets: Jenkinsville, South Queensbury, Top O' the World, West Mountain[14]
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