Croghan (village), New York
| Croghan, New York | |
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Local grocery store and traditional soda fountain in Main Street, Croghan
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 Croghan, New York
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| Coordinates: 43°53′31″N 75°23′28″W / 43.89194°N 75.39111°WCoordinates: 43°53′31″N 75°23′28″W / 43.89194°N 75.39111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Lewis |
| Towns | Croghan, New Bremen |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.4 sq mi (1.1 km2) |
| • Land | 0.4 sq mi (1.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 827 ft (252 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 618 |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 13327 |
| Area code(s) | 315 |
| FIPS code | 36-19070 |
| GNIS feature ID | 947761 |
Croghan is a village in Lewis County, New York, United States. Its population was 618 at the 2010 census.
The village is situated mainly in the south part of the town of Croghan, with a small part in New Bremen. The town and the village were both named after George Croghan, a soldier in the War of 1812.
The village slogan, which reflects Croghan's proximity to the Adirondack Mountains, is "In the Foothills of the Adirondacks."
The village was once a booming region for the lumber industry. During the late 19th century, one particularly influential member of the local community was millionaire lumber baron, Theodore B. Basselin, whose estate sat on the corner of Main Street and Bank Street. His mansion remains there to this day. Basselin is now buried in a private family plot along Main Street, next to the village library, which once served as the opera house.
Croghan survived two major fires in the early 1900s, the first of which claimed the lives of two small children. The fire started next to where Stumps Tavern now sits along Main and Mechanic and engulfed most of the village, even burning down the massive Catholic Church and divinity school.
The village now takes great pride in its "world famous Croghan Bologna", produced and sold at the Campany family's meat market, and was a center of the pure maple syrup industry before a microburst in the mid-1990s which brought extremely high winds, destroying many of the older, larger trees.
Croghan is popular with avid outdoorsmen from throughout the country who visit the area in the summer for fishing and camping, in the fall for hunting, and in the winter for sledding.
Croghan is located at 43°53′31″N 75°23′28″W / 43.89194°N 75.39111°W (43.892068, -75.391207), at the junction of New York State Routes 126 and 812.
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