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Essex County, New York. Welcome to the Essex County Government Center website. The world-famous, picturesque mountain village of Lake Placid, nestled in the scenic High Peaks of the Adirondacks and the shores of Mirror Lake in Essex County, is the proud site of legendary performances in two Winter Olympics.
It is the second-largest county in New York by land area and third-largest by total area. Essex County is in the northeastern part of New York state, just west of Vermont along the eastern boundary of the state.
Welcome to the Essex County Department Directory. On this page you can find links to our County Departments. Click on a “Table of Contents” link to be brought to that section. You can click on the heading of a section to be sent to that Department’s main page. Department Telephones | Employee Telephones | Directory (PDF)
Overview. The world-famous, mountain village of Lake Placid, nestled in the Adirondacks is part of Essex County, where two Winter Olympics were held. The County offers many seasonal and year-round recreational and cultural activities.
Essex County offers some of the most beautiful scenery and outdoor recreation in the Adirondacks and New York State. Please note: many of these attractions are seasonal. Please visit the links for more information.
Essex, county, northeastern New York state, U.S. It comprises a mountainous region bounded by the Ausable River to the northeast, Vermont to the east ( Lake Champlain constituting the border), Lake George to the southeast, and the Hudson River to the southwest.
98.1% of the residents in Essex County, NY are U.S. citizens. The largest universities in Essex County, NY are North Country Community College (196 degrees awarded in 2022). In 2022, the median property value in Essex County, NY was $189,500, and the homeownership rate was 77%.
