Canaan, New York
| Canaan, New York | |
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| Town | |
The Lace House in Canaan
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 Location of Canaan, New York |
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| Coordinates: 42°24′7″N 73°26′47″W / 42.40194°N 73.44639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Columbia |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Council |
| • Town Supervisor | Rick Keaveney (R) |
| • Town Council |
Brenda Adams, Alan Miller, David Patzwahl, Therese Platten
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| Area | |
| • Total | 36.9 sq mi (95.7 km2) |
| • Land | 36.7 sq mi (95.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.3 sq mi (0.7 km2) |
| Elevation | 981 ft (299 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,710 |
| • Density | 47/sq mi (18.0/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 12029 |
| Area code(s) | 518 |
| FIPS code | 36-12056 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0978781 |
| Website | canaannewyork |
Canaan is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 1,710 at the 2010 census. The town is in the northeast part of the county.
The first settlers arrived around 1759. The town was founded in 1772 as "Kings District". The name was changed to "Canaan" in 1788. One of the oldest sections of Canaan is Frisbie Street, settled in 1770 by Gideon Frisbie, who emigrated from Canaan, Connecticut. Frisbie Street fronts what was once the Albany-Boston stagecoach route.
The Lace House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.9 square miles (95.7 km2), of which 36.7 square miles (95.0 km2) is land and 0.27 square miles (0.7 km2), or 0.76%, is water. The majority of the town drains westward or northward via tributaries of Kinderhook Creek to the Hudson River, notably Queechy Lake Brook and Buttercup Creek, both of which flow into the Stony Kill. The southeast corner of the town drains via Flat Brook into the Williams River in Massachusetts and thence to the Housatonic River, which flows south into Connecticut.
The east town line is the border of Massachusetts.
Interstate 90 passes through the town, connecting the Massachusetts Turnpike to the east with the New York State Thruway to the west. I-90 has one interchange in the town, with New York State Route 22.
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