Tupper Lake is a village in Franklin County, New York
. The population was 3,935 at the 2000
census. The village takes its name from a nearby lake, which, in
turn, is the name of a surveyor (Ansel Norton Tupper) who drowned
there while fishing.
The
Village of Tupper Lake is in the Town of Tupper
Lake
. The town and the village are in the
southwest part of the county.
Tupper Lake is home to the
Natural History Museum
of the Adirondacks, which is nicknamed and marketed as "The
Wild Center".
History
Settlement began around 1844. The village was settled during the
town's lumber production period and grew after it gained railroad
service. The early village was composed of two parts, Tupper Lake
proper and Faust. The town for a time held the distinction as the
top lumber producer in New York State.
The great fire of 1899 burned more than 169 structures in the
village, two-thirds of them homes.The modern village grew out of
this destruction and added all the amenities of a modern community
earlier than others in the state. Tupper had its own department
store and Synagogue, and its sprawling railway yards, driven by the
lumber trade, made it a hub for the surrounding Adirondack
communities.
Geography
Tupper Lake is located at .
According to the
United
States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of
1.8
square miles (4.6
km²), all of it land.
Tupper Lake, NY village
New York State Route 3 and
New York State Route 30
intersect at the village.
The
Raquette River flows past the
south side of the village.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 3,935
people, 1,684 households, and 988 families residing in the village.
The
population density was
2,212.7 people per square mile (853.5/km²). There were 1,839
housing units at an average density of 1,034.1/sq mi
(398.9/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.89%
White, 0.76%
African American, 0.30%
Native American, 0.05%
Asian, 0.10% from
other races, and 0.89% from two
or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 0.51%
of the population.
There were 1,684 households out of which 31.2% had children under
the age of 18 living with them, 40.1% were
married couples living together, 13.8% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 41.3% were non-families.
34.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.9% had
someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average
household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.97.
In the village the population was spread out with 26.5% under the
age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45
to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 95.0 males. For
every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.1 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $31,654, and
the median income for a family was $40,152. Males had a median
income of $30,169 versus $24,273 for females. The
per capita income for the village was
$15,567. About 7.7% of families and 11.7% of the population were
below the
poverty line, including 14.0%
of those under age 18 and 12.7% of those age 65 or over.
Tupper Lake High School is the home of the Lumberjacks and
Ladyjacks. Their mascot is a bearded Lumberjack wearing a black and
red flannel shirt and black pants with suspenders holding an axe.
The school colors are red and black.
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