Fishers Landing, New York Explained

Fishers Landing, New York
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:New York#USA
Pushpin Label:Fishers Landing
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:New York
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Jefferson
Subdivision Type3:Town
Subdivision Name3:Orleans
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:2.62
Area Land Km2:1.17
Area Water Km2:1.45
Area Total Sq Mi:1.01
Area Land Sq Mi:0.45
Area Water Sq Mi:0.56
Elevation Ft:305
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:119
Population Density Km2:101.84
Population Density Sq Mi:263.86
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:44.2728°N -76.0003°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:13641
Area Code:315
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:972473
Blank1 Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Info:36-25934

Fishers Landing is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Orleans in Jefferson County, New York, United States. It is just southwest of Grass Point State Park[2] in the Thousand Islands region of New York. As of the 2020 census the community had a population of 119.

Geography

Fishers Landing is in the northern part of the town of Orleans, on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River where it enters the American Narrows, a channel separating the mainland from Wellesley Island (also part of the town of Orleans). There is a local marina where island owners and visitors park their car/boat while traveling to and from the mainland. The Rock Island Light, a New York state park, is NaNmiles out in the channel from Fishers Landing, and the community of Thousand Island Park is directly across the channel on Wellesley Island.

New York State Route 12 passes along the southeast edge of the Fishers Landing CDP, leading northeast (downstream along the St. Lawrence) 2miles to Interstate 81 and 6miles to Alexandria Bay, and southwest (upriver) 5miles to Clayton. New York State Route 180 intersects Route 12 at Fishers Landing, leading south 6miles to La Fargeville. Watertown, the Jefferson county seat, is to the south.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Fishers Landing CDP has a total area of 0.58sqkm, of which 41831NaN1, or 0.72%, are water.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 20, 2022.
  2. Web site: hometownlocator.com . 2009-07-01.
  3. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Fishers Landing CDP, New York. U.S. Census Bureau. American Factfinder. September 19, 2018. https://archive.today/20200213112453/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US3625934. February 13, 2020. dead.