Copake (CDP), New York
{{Short description|Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Copake, New York
|settlement_type = Hamlet & Census-designated place
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|pushpin_label = Copake Hamlet
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = New York
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Columbia
|subdivision_type3 = Town
|subdivision_name3 = Copake
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|area_total_km2 = 3.20
|area_land_km2 = 3.20
|area_water_km2 = 0.00
|area_total_sq_mi = 1.23
|area_land_sq_mi = 1.23
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
|population_as_of = 2020
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|population_total = 318
|population_density_km2 = 99.51
|population_density_sq_mi = 257.70
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|elevation_ft = 550
|coordinates = {{coord|42|6|11|N|73|32|59|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 12516
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|blank_info = 36-18091
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|blank1_info = 0947408
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Copake{{Cite web|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/bas20/tigerweb_bas20_cdp_ny.html|title=State of New York Census Designated Places - Current/BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2019|website=tigerweb.geo.census.gov|access-date=2020-02-24}} is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Columbia County, New York, United States. The hamlet is in the south-central part of the town of Copake. The CDP was designated after the 2010 census.
The area was once known as Copake Flats.{{Cite web| url=http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/columbia/copake/copake_intro.htm| title=Introduction: Copake, Columbia County, New York| author=Capt. Franklin Ellis| date=1878| publisher=New York History and Genealogy Network| accessdate=December 12, 2014}}
The Copake Memorial Clock was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-2012-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2012-02-10|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/30/12 through 2/03/12|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=December 23, 2015|archive-date=May 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531163914/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listings/20120210.htm|url-status=live}}
Geography
Copake is located in a flat valley along Bashbish Brook at the western foot of the Taconic Mountains, a range that runs along the New York-Massachusetts border. The hamlet of Copake Falls is {{convert|2|mi|0}} to the northeast, and Copake Lake is {{convert|5|mi|0}} via road to the northwest. New York State Route 22 passes about {{Convert|0.5|mi|1}} to the east of Copake Hamlet, leading north {{Convert|5|mi|0}} to Hillsdale and south {{Convert|11|mi}} to Millerton.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Copake Hamlet CDP has a total area of {{convert|2.1|km2|disp=flip}}, all land.{{Cite web| url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/gazetteer/2014_Gazetteer/2014_gaz_place_36.txt| title=2014 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places: New York| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division| accessdate=December 12, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213014810/http://www2.census.gov/geo/gazetteer/2014_Gazetteer/2014_gaz_place_36.txt| archive-date=December 13, 2014| url-status=dead}}
Demographics
{{US Census population
|2020= 318
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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References
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{{Columbia County, New York}}
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Category:Census-designated places in New York (state)
Category:Census-designated places in Columbia County, New York