Official Name: | Westport, New York |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | USA New York |
Pushpin Label: | Westport |
Coordinates: | 44.1839°N -73.4356°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New York |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Essex |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Westport |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.64 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.36 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 1.27 |
Area Total Km2: | 9.42 |
Area Land Km2: | 6.12 |
Area Water Km2: | 3.30 |
Elevation M: | 45 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 496 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 209.90 |
Population Density Km2: | 81.03 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 12993 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 36-80764 |
Westport is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Westport in Essex County, New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 518 at the 2010 census,[2] or 39.4% of the total population of the town of Westport.
Westport hamlet is located in the center of the town of Westport, at the outflow of Hoisington Brook into North West Bay of Lake Champlain. The CDP extends north along the shore of the lake as far as Cove Lane and south to Maple Way. The western edge of the CDP is formed by the Delaware and Hudson Railway line and by Hammond Brook.
New York State Routes 9N and 22 intersect in the center of the hamlet. Route 9N leads west 4miles to Interstate 87 and 8miles to Elizabethtown, while NY 22 leads north to Willsboro. NY 9N and 22 together lead south to Port Henry and to Ticonderoga. Plattsburgh is north via NY 9N and I-87.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Westport CDP has a total area of 6.11sqkm, all land.[2]