Place:Speculator, Hamilton, New York, United States

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NameSpeculator
TypeVillage
Coordinates43.527°N 74.363°W
Located inHamilton, New York, United States
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Speculator is a village in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 324 at the 2010 census. The village is named after a nearby Speculator Mountain.

Speculator is the only incorporated village within Hamilton County and is within the town of Lake Pleasant.[1] The village included the northeastern end of a lake, also called Lake Pleasant.[2] The local inhabitants sometimes refer to the village as the "Four Corners," referring to the intersection of NYS Route 8 and NYS Route 30 in the middle of the business district.

Speculator is within the Adirondack Park.[1]

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History

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The village was formerly called "Newtons Corners," but was renamed after Speculator Mountain. Speculator was incorporated in 1925.[1] The incorporation included an area of thinly populated land separate from the remainder of the village.

After World War I, Speculator gained international notoriety after becoming the preferred location of the training camps of Boxing champions Gene Tunney, Max Schmeling, and Max Baer.

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