Santa Clara, New York

Santa Clara, New York
Long Pond in the Saint Regis Canoe Area
Long Pond in the Saint Regis Canoe Area
Santa Clara is located in New York
Santa Clara
Santa Clara
Location within the state of New York's Adirondack Park
Coordinates: 44°24′42″N 74°21′57″W / 44.41167°N 74.36583°W / 44.41167; -74.36583
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyFranklin
Government
 • TypeTown Council
 • Town SupervisorMarcel Webb (R)
 • Town Council
Members' List
Area
 • Total191.71 sq mi (496.53 km2)
 • Land174.42 sq mi (451.75 km2)
 • Water17.29 sq mi (44.79 km2)
Elevation
1,588 ft (484 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total345
 • Estimate 
(2016)[2]
341
 • Density1.96/sq mi (0.75/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
12980
Area code518
FIPS code36-033-65178
GNIS feature ID0979459
Websitetownofsantaclara.com

Santa Clara is a town in Franklin County, New York, United States. The population was 332 at the 2020 census,[3] down from 345 at the 2010 census.[4] The name was derived from the wife of an early town businessman, John Hurd.

The town is in the southwestern part of the county, southwest of the village of Malone and west of the village of Saranac Lake. The town is within the Adirondack Park. It includes the 58 ponds of the Saint Regis Canoe Area, presently the only Canoe Wilderness Area in the park, as well as most of 4,700-acre (19 km2) Upper Saranac Lake.

  1. ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  4. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Santa Clara town, Franklin County, New York". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2016.