La Fargeville, New York
| La Fargeville | |
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| CDP | |
 La Fargeville
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| Coordinates: 44°11′39″N 75°58′6″W / 44.19417°N 75.96833°WCoordinates: 44°11′39″N 75°58′6″W / 44.19417°N 75.96833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Jefferson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.5 sq mi (9.1 km2) |
| • Land | 3.5 sq mi (9.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 377 ft (115 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 608 |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 13656 |
| Area code(s) | 315 |
| FIPS code | 36-40233 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0954846 |
La Fargeville is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in the town of Orleans in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 608 at the 2010 census. The hamlet is named after John Frederick La Farge, one of the early proprietors of the town.The hamlet of La Fargeville was once a village, but dissolved its municipal corporation in 1922.
La Fargeville is north of Watertown. The small hamlet has one school, LaFargeville Central School, which serves grades K through 12.
The hamlet was previously called "Log Mills" when it was first settled around 1816 due to the construction of a saw mill for logs. John Frederick La Farge, a French immigrant who had Americanized his name from Jean Frédéric de la Farge, arrived in 1826. Already wealthy from an import business he had set up in New Orleans, he began in the 1820s to buy real estate and build houses in Jefferson County, speculation that eventually led to La Fargeville being named after him. His son John La Farge became a well-known artist.
By 1850, the population was about 300.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.5 square miles (9.1 km2), of which, 3.5 square miles (9.1 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) of it (1.14%) is water.
The community is at the junction of New York State Route 180 and New York State Route 411 (Plank Road). County Road 181 (Plank Street) also services the hamlet from the west.
La Fargeville is on the north side of the Chaumont River.
As of the census of 2000, there were 588 people, 219 households, and 160 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 169.2 per square mile (65.2/km²). There were 236 housing units at an average density of 67.9/sq mi (26.2/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.41% White, 2.21% African American, 1.36% Native American, 0.34% Asian, and 0.68% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.17% of the population.
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