Summary for Lake Placid

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Located in: Essex County (see below)

Typical Abbreviation: Lk. Placid

Time Zone: Lake Placid lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT)

Telephone Area Code: (518)

Elevation: 1,890 feet [576.07 m] above sea level<1>

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Lake Placid)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:<2>	2,363 (6.27% decrease since 2010)
2010:	2,521 (4.44% decrease since 2000)
2000:	2,638

Total Area:<3> 1.54 sq. miles [4 km²] - of which 10.8% is water (0.17 sq. miles [0.4 km²])

Housing Units:<4> 1,872

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<5>

For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for Lake Placid:

Lat: 44.283700° (or 44°17'1" N)

Lon: -73.985500° (or -73°59'7" W)

USGS Topo Map: Lake Placid<6>

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Lake Placid

GNIS ID: 2390927

FIPS State / Place Code: 36 / 40761

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Lake Placid)

About Essex County

The village of Elizabethtown is the County Seat for Essex County.

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Essex)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	36,987 (6.05% decrease since 2010)
2010	39,370 (1.34% increase since 2000)
2000:	38,851

Total Area: 1,916 sq. miles [4,963 km²] - of which 6.37% is water (122 sq. miles [316 km²])

Housing Units: 25,603

Official Website: www.co.essex.ny.us/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Essex

GNIS ID: 974114

FIPS State / County Code: 36 / 031

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Lake Placid)

About New York

From the US Census

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	19,463,131 (0.44% increase since 2010)
2010:	19,378,102 (2.12% increase since 2000)
2000:	18,976,457

Websites for State of New York

Official Website: https://www.ny.gov/

Tourism: https://www.iloveny.com/

Parks: https://parks.ny.gov/

Fishing & Hunting: www.dec.ny.gov/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for State of New York

GNIS ID: 1779796

FIPS State: 36

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Lake Placid)

Off-the-Road Links ...

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The official website for Essex County: www.co.essex.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lake Placid - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>	Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The most recent Census estimate is for the year 2019.
<3>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Lake Placid. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group.
<4>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway).
<5>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Lake Placid, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.
<6>	Name of the USGS 7.5 Minute topographic map which includes Lake Placid.