Wilmington is a
hamlet
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in the
town of Wilmington in
Essex County,
New York
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, United States. The population of the CDP was 843 at the
2020 census,
out of a total town population of 880.
Geography
The Wilmington CDP covers a large area in the central part of the town of Wilmington, including the hamlet of Wilmington but extending west to include the hamlet of
North Pole
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, east as far as Hardy Road, and south as far as Fox Farm Road. The West Branch of the
Ausable River flows from southwest to northeast through the center of the CDP.
New York State Route 86 runs through the center of the CDP, leading southwest to
Lake Placid and east to
Jay.
New York State Route 431 leads west from NY 86 near the center of Wilmington nearly to the summit of
Whiteface Mountain.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the Wilmington CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.05%, is water.
Demographics
Education
Most of the census-designated place is in the
Lake Placid Central School District, while a portion is in
Boquet Valley Central School District at Elizabethtown-Lewis-Westport.
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Census-designated places in New York (state)
Census-designated places in Essex County, New York