Chazy, New York
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Chazy is a town
in northeastern Clinton County
, New York
, in the United States
. The population was 4,284 at the 2010 census. The closest city is Plattsburgh, 12 miles (19.3 km) to the south. Chazy is 8.2 miles (13.2 km) from Canada
. The zip code is 12921 and it is in area code 518.
in 1609. The town was first settled around 1763 by Jean Laframboise, who is also credited with introducing apple
growing to the area. Chazy is named after a Lieutenant de Chézy, who was killed by the Iroquois
.
Chazy was formed from the Town of Champlain in 1804; in 1853, part of the town was used to form the Town of Altona
.
, the town has a total area of 61.3 square miles (158.8 km²), of which 54.2 square miles (140.4 km²) is land and 7.1 square miles (18.4 km²) (11.62%) is water.
The eastern part of the town, marked by Lake Champlain
, is the border of Vermont
. The Little Chazy River
enters Lake Champlain north of Chazy Landing.
The Northway (Interstate 87
) and US 9 are north-south highways through the town. NY 191
is an east-west highway entirely within the town. NY 22
is a north-south highway in the western part of Chazy.
Chazy Formation
, the first true reef
system, which was originally identified from limestone outcroppings in the township.
of 2000, there were 4,181 people, 1,566 households, and 1,171 families residing in the town. The population density
was 77.2 people per square mile (29.8/km²). There were 1,841 housing units at an average density of 34.0 per square mile (13.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.94% White, 0.31% African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.50% Asian, 0.10% from other races
, and 0.74% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.69% of the population.
There were 1,566 households out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.1% were married couples
living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.2% were non-families. 19.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the town the population was spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.6 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $41,504, and the median income for a family was $47,589. Males had a median income of $32,825 versus $28,542 for females. The per capita income
for the town was $18,125. About 8.0% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.1% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.
. Miner Institute's campus is also home to William Miner's preserved One Room Schoolhouse.
Chazy Central Rural School is a hub of recreation activities. Its four soccer fields host youth, men's and women's leagues. The boys' varsity soccer team has won five New York State Public High School Athletic Association State Championships (2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010). The girls' varsity soccer team won their first State Championship in 2007 and a second in 2010. The school's baseball and softball fields also host several youth leagues as well as a fireman's softball league. The school also has a large public playground and a pond
. Chazy Central School is recognized as being the first rural central school to ever be established.
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Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in northeastern Clinton County
Clinton County, New York
Clinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 82,128. Its name is in honor of the first Governor of New York as a state, George Clinton. Its county seat is Plattsburgh.-History:...
, 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
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The population was 4,284 at the 2010 census. The closest city is Plattsburgh, 12 miles (19.3 km) to the south. Chazy is 8.2 miles (13.2 km) from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The zip code is 12921 and it is in area code 518.
History
The region was explored by Samuel de ChamplainSamuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain , "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608....
in 1609. The town was first settled around 1763 by Jean Laframboise, who is also credited with introducing apple
Apple
The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family . It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apple grow on small, deciduous trees that blossom in the spring...
growing to the area. Chazy is named after a Lieutenant de Chézy, who was killed by the Iroquois
Iroquois
The Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
.
Chazy was formed from the Town of Champlain in 1804; in 1853, part of the town was used to form the Town of Altona
Altona, New York
Altona, New York may refer to either:* Altona , New York, located in Clinton County or* Altona , New York, located within the Town of Altona....
.
Geography
According to the United States Census BureauUnited States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the town has a total area of 61.3 square miles (158.8 km²), of which 54.2 square miles (140.4 km²) is land and 7.1 square miles (18.4 km²) (11.62%) is water.
The eastern part of the town, marked by Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain is a natural, freshwater lake in North America, located mainly within the borders of the United States but partially situated across the Canada—United States border in the Canadian province of Quebec.The New York portion of the Champlain Valley includes the eastern portions of...
, is the border of Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
. The Little Chazy River
Chazy River
Chazy River is the name of two tributaries of Lake Champlain in Clinton County, New York in the United States.The more northerly river is the Great Chazy River, which empties into Lake Champlain at King Bay in the Town of Champlain....
enters Lake Champlain north of Chazy Landing.
The Northway (Interstate 87
Interstate 87
Interstate 87 is a Interstate Highway located entirely within New York State in the United States of America. I-87 is the longest intrastate Interstate highway in the Interstate Highway System. Its southern end is at the Bronx approaches of the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge in New York City...
) and US 9 are north-south highways through the town. NY 191
New York State Route 191
New York State Route 191 is a short county-maintained state highway located north of Adirondack Park in Clinton County, New York, United States. The route is co-designated by the county highway department as County Route 23 and heads from an intersection with NY 22 in the hamlet of...
is an east-west highway entirely within the town. NY 22
New York State Route 22
New York State Route 22 is a north–south state highway in eastern New York in the United States. It runs parallel to the state's eastern edge from the outskirts of New York City to a short distance south of the Canadian border. At , it is the state's longest north–south route and...
is a north-south highway in the western part of Chazy.
Geology
The town gave its name to the mid-OrdovicianOrdovician
The Ordovician is a geologic period and system, the second of six of the Paleozoic Era, and covers the time between 488.3±1.7 to 443.7±1.5 million years ago . It follows the Cambrian Period and is followed by the Silurian Period...
Chazy Formation
Chazy Formation
The Chazy Reef Formation is a mid-Ordovician limestone deposit that consists of some of the oldest reef systems built by a community of organisms rather than the deposit of a limited range of similar organisms, such as Stromatolite mounds deposited by ancient cyanobacteria...
, the first true reef
Reef
In nautical terminology, a reef is a rock, sandbar, or other feature lying beneath the surface of the water ....
system, which was originally identified from limestone outcroppings in the township.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 4,181 people, 1,566 households, and 1,171 families residing in the town. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 77.2 people per square mile (29.8/km²). There were 1,841 housing units at an average density of 34.0 per square mile (13.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.94% White, 0.31% African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.50% Asian, 0.10% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 0.74% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.69% of the population.
There were 1,566 households out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.1% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.2% were non-families. 19.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the town the population was spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.6 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $41,504, and the median income for a family was $47,589. Males had a median income of $32,825 versus $28,542 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the town was $18,125. About 8.0% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.1% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.
Schools
Chazy is home to Chazy Central Rural School, and Miner Institute, which is affiliated with Cornell UniversityCornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
. Miner Institute's campus is also home to William Miner's preserved One Room Schoolhouse.
Chazy Central Rural School is a hub of recreation activities. Its four soccer fields host youth, men's and women's leagues. The boys' varsity soccer team has won five New York State Public High School Athletic Association State Championships (2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010). The girls' varsity soccer team won their first State Championship in 2007 and a second in 2010. The school's baseball and softball fields also host several youth leagues as well as a fireman's softball league. The school also has a large public playground and a pond
Pond
A pond is a body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is usually smaller than a lake. A wide variety of man-made bodies of water are classified as ponds, including water gardens, water features and koi ponds; all designed for aesthetic ornamentation as landscape or architectural...
. Chazy Central School is recognized as being the first rural central school to ever be established.
Worship
Chazy currently has two congregations, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic (Father Raymond Moreau) and Chazy Presbyterian Church (unknown pastor).Recreation
- Chazy has a Recreation Park located on North Farm Road. This piece of land is home to four baseball/softball fields, one soccer field, a small playgroundPlaygroundA playground or play area is a place with a specific design for children be able to play there. It may be indoors but is typically outdoors...
, and two covered pavilions. - Scott's Memorial Rink, located on McAdam Road, is a hockey rinkHockey rinkAn ice hockey rink is an ice rink that is specifically designed for ice hockey, a team sport. It is rectangular with rounded corners and surrounded by a wall approximately 40 inches high called the boards.- Name origins :...
that was completed using a $75,000 grant funded by the NHLPA Goals and Dreams program. The Arena is home to the Chazy Youth Hockey Flyers. The Beekmantown Eagles high school hockeyNew York high school hockeyIce hockey is a popular and growing sport in the state of New York. 151 high schools field sanctioned varsity teams competing in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association...
team also practices and occasionally hosts games at this venue. The arena is named in memory of Scott House and Scott Wolter, both whom played hockey for Chazy. - Lake Alice, small lake located adjacent to Miner Institute, is name after William Miner's wife.
- Alice T. Miner Colonial CollectionAlice T. Miner Colonial CollectionAlice T. Miner Colonial Collection is a museum located at Chazy in Clinton County, New York. Opened in 1924, the museum was created by Alice T. Miner, a pioneer in the colonial revival movement and wife of William H. Miner, railroad industrialist...
is an 1824 classic Colonial Revival house museum with period furnishings.
Businesses
- Chazy Orchards - They claim to be the World's Largest McIntoshMcIntoshThe McIntosh Red is an apple cultivar with red and green skin, a tart flavor, and tender white flesh. It ripens in late September....
Apple Orchard. - Chazy Homestead
- Creamies - Ice Cream.
- Giroux's Poultry - has over 1,300,000 white chickenChickenThe chicken is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, and with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird...
s. They have both brown and white chickenChickenThe chicken is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, and with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird...
s. - Hairstyles Unlimited and Tanning - Haircuts and tanning.
- Dog's Best Friend - Pet Grooming.
- Latremore's Insurance
- New World Archive - PO Box
- Plattsburgh Internal Medicine - Went out of business, was run by Dr. Jay K. Bhasin
- Riley Ford - Chazy's only commercial car dealership.
- Riverside Insurance
- Sample's Lawn and Garden
- Stewart'sStewart's ShopsStewart's Shops is a U.S. chain of convenience stores located primarily in eastern Upstate New York and southwestern Vermont.Headquartered in Saratoga Springs, the company is well-established, particularly in the Capital District...
- The only place to buy gasolineGasolineGasoline , or petrol , is a toxic, translucent, petroleum-derived liquid that is primarily used as a fuel in internal combustion engines. It consists mostly of organic compounds obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum, enhanced with a variety of additives. Some gasolines also contain...
in town. - TD Banknorth - Chazy's only bankBankA bank is a financial institution that serves as a financial intermediary. The term "bank" may refer to one of several related types of entities:...
. - The Weathercock aka "The Bird" or "The Lodge"
- Capco
- Dull-Sharp Precision Sharpening on Fiske Road
- Duprey's Feed & Supplies
- The Station Cafe and Gifts
Communities and locations in the town of Chazy
- Chazy – The hamletHamlet (place)A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
of Chazy is located on US-9 at the intersection of NY-191, east of the interstate. - Chazy Landing – A hamlet on the shore of Lake ChamplainLake ChamplainLake Champlain is a natural, freshwater lake in North America, located mainly within the borders of the United States but partially situated across the Canada—United States border in the Canadian province of Quebec.The New York portion of the Champlain Valley includes the eastern portions of...
south of the Little Chazy River. - Dunn Bay – A bayBayA bay is an area of water mostly surrounded by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. Bays also exist as an inlet in a lake or pond. A large bay may be called a gulf, a sea, a sound, or a bight...
of Lake Champlain north of Minnesota Point. - Ingraham – A hamlet on the south town line on US-9.
- Long Point – A location on the shore of Lake Champlain in the northeast corner of Chazy.
- Minnesota Point – A location on the shore of Lake Champlain.
- Sciota – A hamlet in the western part of the town on NY-191.
- Trombly Bay – A bayBayA bay is an area of water mostly surrounded by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. Bays also exist as an inlet in a lake or pond. A large bay may be called a gulf, a sea, a sound, or a bight...
of Lake Champlain south of Chazy Landing. - West Chazy – A hamlet in the southwest part of the town on NY-22.
- Monty Bay – A bay of Lake Champlain south of Dunn Bay south of Minnesota Point.
- Wool Point – A location on the shore of Lake Champlain north of Dunn Bay.
External links
- Brief early history of Chazy
- Historical sources regarding Chazy
- Chazy Central Rural School
- Miner Institute
- Alice T. Miner Museum
- Chazy Public Library
- Lake Alice
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic
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The Geographic Names Information System is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories. It is a type of gazetteer...
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United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...
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