Port Kent, New York

Port Kent, New York is a hamlet within the town of Chesterfield in Essex County, New York, on the western shore of Lake Champlain.^[1] Ferry service to Burlington, Vermont is provided by the Lake Champlain Transportation Company. The community has an Amtrak railroad stop for service between Montreal and New York City.

Port Kent is the site of the Elkanah Watson House, a National Historic Landmark. Its ZIP code is 12975. Watson lived here following the American Revolution. A postwar entrepreneur, he promoted settlement and development of businesses, as well as construction of canals through the state, and founded the State Bank of Albany. After moving to his farm in Massachusetts, he established the first state fair in the new country, held in Pittsfield.

References

↑ "Port Kent". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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Municipalities and communities of Essex County, New York, United States

County seat: Elizabethtown

Towns	Chesterfield Crown Point Elizabethtown Essex Jay Keene Lewis Minerva Moriah Newcomb North Elba North Hudson Schroon St. Armand Ticonderoga Westport Willsboro Wilmington

Villages	Lake Placid Port Henry Saranac Lake‡

CDPs	Elizabethtown Keeseville‡ Mineville Schroon Lake Ticonderoga Westport Willsboro Wilmington Witherbee

Other hamlets	Bloomingdale North Pole Olmstedville Port Kent

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 44°31′41″N 73°24′25″W / 44.52806°N 73.40694°W / 44.52806; -73.40694

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