Fishers Landing, New York
Fishers Landing, New York | |
|---|---|
  Fishers Landing  Fishers Landing | |
| Coordinates: 44°16′22″N 76°00′01″W / 44.27278°N 76.00028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Jefferson |
| Town | Orleans |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.01 sq mi (2.62 km2) |
| • Land | 0.45 sq mi (1.17 km2) |
| • Water | 0.56 sq mi (1.45 km2) |
| Elevation | 305 ft (93 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 119 |
| • Density | 263.86/sq mi (101.84/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 13641 |
| Area code | 315 |
| GNIS feature ID | 972473 |
| FIPS code | 36-25934 |
Fishers Landing is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Orleans in Jefferson County, New York, United States. It is just southwest of Grass Point State Park[2] in the Thousand Islands region of New York. As of the 2020 census the community had a population of 119.
Geography
[edit]Fishers Landing is in the northern part of the town of Orleans, on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River where it enters the American Narrows, a channel separating the mainland from Wellesley Island (also part of the town of Orleans). There is a local marina where island owners and visitors park their car/boat while traveling to and from the mainland. The Rock Island Light, a New York state park, is one-half mile (0.80 km) out in the channel from Fishers Landing, and the community of Thousand Island Park is directly across the channel on Wellesley Island.
New York State Route 12 passes along the southeast edge of the Fishers Landing CDP, leading northeast (downstream along the St. Lawrence) 2 miles (3 km) to Interstate 81 and 6 miles (10 km) to Alexandria Bay, and southwest (upriver) 5 miles (8 km) to Clayton. New York State Route 180 intersects Route 12 at Fishers Landing, leading south 6 miles (10 km) to La Fargeville. Watertown, the Jefferson county seat, is 25 miles (40 km) to the south.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Fishers Landing CDP has a total area of 0.22 square miles (0.58 km2), of which 1.0 acre (4,183 m2), or 0.72%, are water.[3]
Demographics
[edit]| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 89 | — | |
| 2020 | 119 | 33.7% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[4] | |||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ "hometownlocator.com". Retrieved July 1, 2009.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Fishers Landing CDP, New York". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
