Speculator, NY
| Speculator, New York | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
 Location in Hamilton County and the state of New York | |
| Coordinates: 43°31′37″N 74°21′47″W / 43.52694°N 74.36306°WCoordinates: 43°31′37″N 74°21′47″W / 43.52694°N 74.36306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Hamilton |
| Town | Lake Pleasant |
| Incorporated | 1925 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Munro Collie Smith |
| Area | |
| • Total | 47.2 sq mi (122.3 km2) |
| • Land | 44.6 sq mi (115.6 km2) |
| • Water | 2.6 sq mi (6.7 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,739 ft (530 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 324 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 302 |
| • Density | 7.26/sq mi (2.80/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 12164, 12812 |
| Area code(s) | 518 |
| FIPS code | 36-70123 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0965973 |
Speculator is a village in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 324 at the 2010 census. 2,966-foot (904 m) Speculator Mountain rises just south of the village.
Speculator is the only incorporated village within Hamilton County and is within the town of Lake Pleasant. The village includes the northeastern end of a lake, also called Lake Pleasant. The local inhabitants sometimes refer to the village as the "Four Corners", referring to the intersection of NYS Route 8 and NYS Route 30 in the middle of the business district.
Speculator is within the Adirondack Park.
Archeological evidence of Native Americans has been found in arrowheads and spearheads near the shores of Lake Pleasant. Many historians believe Speculator was the hunting and fishing grounds of both Mohawk and Algonquin tribes. These Native Americans would only travel to the Adirondack Mountains to hunt during the warm months, while their villages were located in the Mohawk and Hudson Valley regions. There was a Mohawk, who named himself Captain Gill, who lived in a wigwam at the outlet of Lake Pleasant, during the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth century. He had a wife named Molly, who had a daughter named Molly Jr., although Capt. Gill didn't claim the daughter as his own. Old Capt. Gill was a trail guide for the first settlers. He would show them places to hunt and fish. Capt. Gill was most famous for his storytelling of the Iroquois Nation, such as the Flying Head.
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