Lake Placid, NY
| Lake Placid, New York | |
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| Village | |
Lake Placid from McKenzie Mountain
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| Nickname(s): "The Olympic Village" | |
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 Location in Essex County and the state of New York. |
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| Coordinates: 44°17′08″N 073°59′07″W / 44.28556°N 73.98528°WCoordinates: 44°17′08″N 073°59′07″W / 44.28556°N 73.98528°W | |
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United States 
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| State |
New York 
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| County | Essex |
| Town | North Elba |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.54 sq mi (3.98 km2) |
| • Land | 1.37 sq mi (3.55 km2) |
| • Water | 0.17 sq mi (0.43 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,801 ft (549 m) |
| Population (2015 population estimate) | |
| • Total | 5,109 |
| • Density | 1,839/sq mi (709.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 12946 |
| Area code(s) | 518 |
| FIPS code | 36-40761 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0954931 |
| Website | villageoflakeplacid |
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,521.
The village of Lake Placid is near the center of the town of North Elba, 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Plattsburgh. Lake Placid, along with nearby Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake, comprise what is known as the Tri-Lakes region. Lake Placid hosted the 1932 and the 1980 Winter Olympics. Lake Placid also hosted the 1972 Winter Universiade and the 2000 Winter Goodwill Games.
Lake Placid was founded in the early 19th century to develop an iron ore mining operation. By 1840, the population of "North Elba" (four miles southeast of the present village, near where the road to the Adirondak Loj crosses the Ausable River), was six families. In 1845, Gerrit Smith arrived in North Elba and not only bought a great deal of land around the village, but granted large tracts to former slaves. He reformed the land law and demonstrated his support of Abolitionism.
The abolitionist John Brown heard about Gerrit Smith's reforms, and left his anti-slavery activities in Kansas to buy 244 acres (1.0 km2) of land here. This parcel later became known as the "Freed Slave Utopian Experiment," Timbucto. Shortly before his execution in 1859, John Brown asked to be buried on his farm, which is preserved as the John Brown Farm State Historic Site.
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