Place:North Elba, Essex, New York, United States

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NameNorth Elba
TypeTown
Coordinates44.233°N 73.95°W
Located inEssex, New York, United States
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North Elba is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 8,957 at the 2010 census.

North Elba is on the western edge of the county. It is by road southwest of Plattsburgh, south-southwest of Montreal, and north of Albany. While it is only west-southwest of Burlington, Vermont, one would have to either take a ferry across Lake Champlain, or drive around it.

The entirety of the village of Lake Placid is located within the boundaries of North Elba, as is part of the village of Saranac Lake.

North Country Community College is located in North Elba. The Adirondack Scenic Railroad traverses the town.

The John Brown Farm State Historic Site is in North Elba.

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History

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The town was first settled around 1814. In 1840 there were six families in the future North Elba, which was formed from part of the town of Keene in 1849.

The abolitionist John Brown, attracted by the views of local abolitionist Gerrit Smith, came to the town in 1849 to found a community for former black slaves. Smith was trying to resettle free blacks on land in the area, but it was not suitable for family farming. Brown left from his farm for the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859.

A visitor in 1861 noted that in North Elba there was "a school house, which serves for this purpose, for a church, and a town hall."[1] At that time, when the village of Lake Placid did not exist, a map of 1858 reveals that North Elba was at that time also a hamlet, centered at the intersection of what are today (2021) New York State Route 73 and Adirondack Loj Roads

The town and its village, Lake Placid, were the site of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics.

Barngalow and the Larom-Welles Cottage were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

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  • Outstanding guide to North Elba family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, town histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
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