Place:Lake Luzerne, Warren, New York, United States

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NameLake Luzerne
Alt namesLuzernesource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS36014782
TypeTown
Coordinates43.3°N 73.833°W
Located inWarren, New York, United States
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Lake Luzerne, formerly the Town of Fairfield and then Luzerne, is a town in southern Warren County, New York, United States.[1] The town is located within the Adirondack Park. The town is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lake Luzerne is west of the city of Glens Falls. The town population was 3,347 at the 2010 census.[2]

History

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The area received its first permanent European settlers around 1770. The town of Lake Luzerne was set off from the town of Queensbury in 1792 as the Town of Fairfield. The town is named after Anne-César, Chevalier de la Luzerne, who guaranteed a personal loan to provide food to American revolutionary troops and who served as a French Minister to the new country.

In 1808, the town changed its name to Luzerne and in 1963 to Lake Luzerne.

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