Editing Wilmington, New York

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Wilmington, New York
| settlement_type    = [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|Town]]
| nickname           = 
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| image_caption      = [[Whiteface Mountain]] as seen from the [[Esther Mountain]]
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| image_map          = Essex County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Wilmington highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 260px
| map_caption        = Location in [[Essex County, New York|Essex County]] and the state of [[New York (state)|New York]]

<!-- Location -->| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[New York (state)|New York]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in New York|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Essex County, New York|Essex]]
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = [[Town Council]]
| leader_title       = [[Town Supervisor]]
| leader_name        = Favor Smith
| leader_title1      = [[Town Council]]
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 |1           = • Laura Dreissigacker Hooker
 |2           = • Tim Follos ([[United States Democratic Party|D]])
 |3           = • Darin A. Forbes ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
 |4           = • Tina Terry Preston ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
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| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2016">{{cite web|title=2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2016_Gazetteer/2016_gaz_place_36.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 4, 2017}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 169.57
| area_land_km2      = 168.93
| area_water_km2     = 0.64
| area_total_sq_mi   = 65.47
| area_land_sq_mi    = 65.22
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.25

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 1139
| population_density_km2 = 4.99
| population_density_sq_mi = 12.87

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| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 333
| elevation_ft       = 1093
| coordinates        = {{coord|44|23|30|N|73|48|13|W|region:US-NY|display=inline}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 12997
| area_code          = [[Area code 518|518]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 36-031-82315
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0979644<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|www.townofwilmington.org}}
}}
'''Wilmington''' is a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|town]] in northern [[Essex County, New York|Essex County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States located within the [[Adirondack Park]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Town of Wilmington Local Waterfront Revitalization Program |url=https://dos.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2019/05/wilmingtonsii.pdf}}</ref> The population was 1,253 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US3603182315| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wilmington town, Essex County, New York| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=March 8, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The town is named after the town of [[Wilmington, Vermont]].

Wilmington is on the county's northern border and is southwest of [[Plattsburgh (city), New York|Plattsburgh]]. It is in the [[Whiteface Mountain|Whiteface]] region of the [[Adirondack Park]].

== History ==
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The town was first settled circa 1812.

The town was formed in 1821 from the town of [[Jay, New York|Jay]]. At that time, the town was called "Dansville". In 1822, the name was changed, as suggested by a settler from [[Vermont]], to "Wilmington" due to confusion with another "Dansville" in New York. In 1848, part of the town was partitioned off to form the town of [[St. Armand, New York|St. Armand]].

In the beginning of the 20th century, the [[tourism|tourist industry]] began to develop in the town. "Santa's Workshop", one of the first American [[theme park]]s for children, is located part way up the Whiteface Mountain Memorial Highway and was awarded its own Post Office—North Pole, New York. Whiteface Mountain (4,865 feet) Ski Center was the site of alpine events for the 1980 Winter Olympics.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|169.0|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|169.0|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.6|km2|order=flip|1}}, or 0.36%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

The northern town line is the border of [[Clinton County, New York|Clinton County]]. At the northwestern corner is the corresponding corner of [[Franklin County, New York|Franklin County]].

The West Branch of the [[Ausable River (New York)|Ausable River]] flows northeastward through the center of the town.

[[New York State Route 431]], an east–west highway known as Whiteface Mountain Memorial Highway, intersects [[New York State Route 86]], a north–south highway, in Wilmington village.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1830 = 695
| 1840 = 928
| 1850 = 1218
| 1860 = 861
| 1870 = 794
| 1880 = 899
| 1890 = 678
| 1900 = 634
| 1910 = 573
| 1920 = 545
| 1930 = 567
| 1940 = 737
| 1950 = 574
| 1960 = 683
| 1970 = 777
| 1980 = 1051
| 1990 = 1020
| 2000 = 1131
| 2010 = 1253
| 2020 = 1139
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

At the 2020 [[census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 843 people and 417 households residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|17.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 616 housing units at an average density of {{convert|11.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 98.59% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.09% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.35% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.09% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.18% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.71% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.62% of the population.

There were 460 households, of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.7% were non-families. 27.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.01.

27.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.0 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.6 males.

The [[median household income]] was $34,432 and the median family income was $43,077. Males had a median income of $27,604 and females $21,328. The [[per capita income]] was $18,052. About 6.6% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 11.3% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.

== Communities and locations in Wilmington ==
*'''Haselton''' &ndash; A [[hamlet (New York)|hamlet]] in the northeastern part of the town on County Road 12 and the [[Ausable River (New York)|Ausable River]].
*'''High Falls Gorge''' &ndash; A location on [[NY 86]], south of Wilmington village.
*'''[[North Pole, New York|North Pole]]''' &ndash; A community and theme park ([[Santa's Workshop (New York amusement park)|Santa's Workshop]]) northwest of Wilmington village on [[NY 431]].
*'''Wilmington''' &ndash; The hamlet of Wilmington is at the junction of Routes NY-86 and NY-431 and the Au Sable River, near the town's center. The community is a resort and [[skiing]] center.

==See also==
* [[Lake Placid, New York]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Wilmington, New York}} 
* [http://www.townofwilmington.org/ Town of Wilmington official website]
* [http://whitefaceregion.com Wilmington tourism information]
* [https://wilmingtonhistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/History-of-Wilmington-HP-Smith.pdf History of Wilmington, NY]
*[https://wilmingtonhistoricalsociety.org/ Wilmington Historical Society]
*[https://data.census.gov/profile/Wilmington_CDP,_New_York?g=160XX00US3682304/ U.S. Census data from 2020 for Wilmington, NY]
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