Moriah, New York
| Moriah, New York | |
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Moriah Town Hall in Port Henry
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 Location in Essex County and the state of New York |
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| Coordinates: 44°3′26″N 73°29′26″W / 44.05722°N 73.49056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Essex |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Council |
| • Town Supervisor | Thomas R. Scozzafava (R) |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 71.1 sq mi (184.2 km2) |
| • Land | 64.5 sq mi (167.0 km2) |
| • Water | 6.6 sq mi (17.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 991 ft (302 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 4,798 |
| • Density | 74/sq mi (28.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 12960 |
| Area code(s) | 518 |
| FIPS code | 36-48428 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979238 |
| Website | www |
Moriah is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 4,798 at the 2010 census.
The town is in the eastern part of the county. It is 47 miles (76 km) by road south-southwest of Burlington, Vermont, 55 miles (89 km) south of Plattsburgh, 115 miles (185 km) north of Albany, and 116 miles (187 km) south of Montreal. Moriah is inside the Adirondack Park.
This area was inhabited for thousands of years by varying cultures of indigenous peoples. At the time of European encounter, the area was inhabited chiefly by the historic Iroquoian-speaking Mohawk of the Iroquois Confederacy to the west of Lake Champlain, with Algonquian-speaking Mahicans to the south.
In 1749, French Jesuits attracted numerous Iroquois (mostly Onondaga fleeing warfare in the western part of present-day New York) to a site on the Oswegatchie River near present-day Ogdensburg. The Jesuit priests founded a mission village and fort. The Iroquois were required to convert to Catholicism to live there. The converted Iroquois and their descendants became known as the "Oswegatchie", and were considered "nephews" to the Six Nations of the Iroquois. They were among the Seven Nations of Canada that allied with the French during the Seven Years' War and with the British during the American Revolutionary War, in part due to their strong trading ties and cultural links. After the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) and British victory, the colonial government granted some of its soldiers land in the region, which was ceded by the French.
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