Bloomingdale, New York
Encyclopedia
Bloomingdale is a hamlet located in the town of St. Armand
, Essex County
in the State
of New York
in the United States of America
. It is located at 44°24′28"N 74°5′15"W. The United States Postal Service
has assigned Bloomingdale the ZIP Code
12913.
and at the junction of five roads, including NY 3, helped it to maintain an active community. The hamlet has an elementary school, general store, antique shop and restaurant. The Town Hall is the center of government and community activities.
In 1900, Daniel Seckington put in a nine hole golf course in connection with his hotel, the Waverly House; this was one of the earliest golf courses in Essex County.
St. Armand, New York
St. Armand is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 1,321 at the 2000 census. The town was named by an early settler for Saint-Armand, Quebec in Canada....
, Essex County
Essex County, New York
Essex County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 39,370. Its name is from the English county of Essex. Its county seat is Elizabethtown...
in the State
U.S. state
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of New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
in the United States of America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is located at 44°24′28"N 74°5′15"W. The United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States...
has assigned Bloomingdale the ZIP Code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
12913.
History
Bloomingdale was the center of a thriving lumbering business in the latter half of the 19th century. Although the industry went into a decline in the 20th century, Bloomingdale's location on the Saranac RiverSaranac River
Saranac River is an river in the U.S. state of New York. In its upper reaches is a region of mostly flat water and lakes. The river has more than three dozen source lakes and ponds north of Upper Saranac Lake; the highest is Mountain Pond on Long Pond Mountain...
and at the junction of five roads, including NY 3, helped it to maintain an active community. The hamlet has an elementary school, general store, antique shop and restaurant. The Town Hall is the center of government and community activities.
In 1900, Daniel Seckington put in a nine hole golf course in connection with his hotel, the Waverly House; this was one of the earliest golf courses in Essex County.