Windham, New York
| Windham, New York | |
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| Nickname(s): "Land in the Sky", "The Heart of the Catskills" |
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 Location in Greene County and the state of New York |
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| Coordinates: 42°18′57″N 74°13′25″W / 42.31583°N 74.22361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Greene |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Council |
| • Town Supervisor | Robert Pelham |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 45.4 sq mi (117.6 km2) |
| • Land | 45.3 sq mi (117.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,893 ft (577 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,703 |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 12496 |
| Area code(s) | 518 |
| FIPS code | 36-82480 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979648 |
| Website | www |
Windham is a town in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 1,703 at the 2010 census. The town was probably named for the town or county of Windham, Connecticut, as many of its earliest settlers came from that state as well as other parts of New England. The town has two nicknames: "Land in the Sky" and "Gem of the Catskills".
Windham is in the west-central part of the county on the northern boundary of the Catskill Park.
The region was first settled around 1780. The town was formed from the town of in 1798 while still part of Ulster County. After the formation of Greene County, several other towns were formed from parts of Windham. These towns include Hunter and Lexington (1813), Prattsville (1833), and part of Ashland in 1848. In 1900, the town's population was 1,240.
The major source of income in Windham is the Windham Mountain ski resort, formerly called "Ski Windham". This ski area brings a lot of its skiers up from the New York City area as well as other areas in the Northeast. In August 2010, Windham hosted the 2010 World Cup Mountain Bike Race, the first time its finals occurred on American soil in 20 years of competition. In August 2014, Windham again hosted the World Cup Mountain Bike Race, as the only US stop of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup.
In August 2011, Hurricane Irene dumped more than 10 inches of rain into the Batavia Kill creek in just a matter of a couple of hours in a devastating flood.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 45.4 square miles (117.6 km²), of which 45.3 square miles (117.3 km²) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km², or 0.22%) is water.
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