Speculator, New York

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Speculator is a village in Hamilton County, New York, USA. The population was 348 at the 2000 census. The village is named after a nearby Speculator Mountain. The postal ZIP code is 12164.

The Village of Speculator is the only incorporated village within Hamilton County and is within the Town of Lake Pleasant. The village lies on the north end of a lake, also called Lake Pleasant. The local inhabitants sometimes refer to the village as the "Four Corners," referring to the intersection of NYS Route 8 and NYS Route 30 in the middle of the business district.

Speculator is within the Adirondack State Park.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 Additional information about Speculator
5 External links

[edit] History

The village was formerly called "Newtons Corners," but was renamed after Speculator Mountain. Speculator was incorporated in 1925.

[edit] Geography

Speculator is located at 43°31′37″N, 74°21′47″W (43.526920, -74.363185)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 122.3 km² (47.2 mi²). 115.6 km² (44.7 mi²) of it is land and 6.7 km² (2.6 mi²) of it (5.46%) is water.

Speculator Mountain with an altitude of 2977 feet (907 meters) is south of the village.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 348 people, 163 households, and 94 families residing in the village. The population density was 3.0/km² (7.8/mi²). There were 484 housing units at an average density of 4.2/km² (10.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 96.26% White, 1.72% African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.57% Asian, 1.15% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.72% of the population.

There were 163 households out of which 17.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.1% were married couples living together, 4.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.3% were non-families. 39.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.00 and the average family size was 2.61.

In the village the population was spread out with 14.7% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 28.2% from 45 to 64, and 26.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 112.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.6 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $33,393, and the median income for a family was $43,750. Males had a median income of $33,750 versus $20,417 for females. The per capita income for the village was $25,089. About 4.3% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.7% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Additional information about Speculator

Speculator is famous as the former location of the training camps of boxers Gene Tunney, Max Schmeling, and Max Baer.

A public beach is located in the village on the north lake shore. Free parking is available across the street from the beach. There is a baseball field, basketball court and large pavilion next to the parking lot. There is also a nature walk behind the pavillion.

Camp-of-the-Woods, a famous Christian faith based family resort and ministry center is located just outside the village limits on NY Route 8/30.