Wilton, New York
| Wilton | |
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| Town of Wilton | |
 Wilton
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| Coordinates: 43°8′33″N 73°43′58″W / 43.14250°N 73.73278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Saratoga |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.0 sq mi (93.2 km2) |
| • Land | 35.9 sq mi (92.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 325 ft (99 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 12,511 |
| • Density | 348.7/sq mi (134.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 12831, 12833, 12866 |
| Area code(s) | 518 |
| FIPS code | 36-82403 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979647 |
Wilton is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 16,173 at the 2010 census.
The Town of Wilton is in the northeastern part of the county, northeast of Saratoga Springs, which it borders.
The region, once called "Palmertown," was first settled around 1764. The Town of Wilton was created in 1818 from the Town of Northumberland.
The Grant Cottage State Historic Site is located in Wilton, in an area known as Mount McGregor, which is the highest peak of the Palmertown Range, mostly north of Wilton. This site is the place where Ulysses S. Grant died of throat cancer in 1885 just after completing his memoirs.
A narrow-gauge railway built in 1882, the Saratoga, Mount McGregor and Lake George Railroad, ran through Wilton.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.0 square miles (93 km2). 35.9 square miles (93 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (0.25%) is water.
U.S. Route 9 and the Adirondack Northway (Interstate 87) are parallel north-south highways. New York State Route 50 is a north-south highway in the eastern part of Wilton.
As of the census of 2010, there were 16,173 people.
The Town Council is a five-member legislative body, consisting of the Supervisor and 4 councilman. The Supervisor is the presiding officer of the council, the chief administrator of town affairs, and the town's legislative representative on the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors. Other elected officials are the Town Clerk, Superintendent of Highways and two Town Justices.
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