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Lake Placid
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village in Essex County, New York, United States
Lake Placid is a village located in Essex County in the Adirondack region of upstate New York. It is best known as the host of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympic Games, making it a significant location in Olympic history.
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- Official name
- Lake Placid
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Elba
- Population
- 2205
- Area
- 3.980703
- Elevation
- 549
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Official website
- northelba.villageoflakeplacid.ny.gov
- Image
- Whiteface Mountain Ski Area.jpg
- Households
- 1089
- Dialing code
- 845
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- Commons category
- Lake Placid, New York
- topic's main category
- Category:Lake Placid, New York
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Lake Placid, New York
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Lake Placid, New York
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lake Placid, New York
- postal code
- 12946
- native label
- Lake Placid
- water as percent of area
- 10.7907
- per capita income
- 27650
- different from
- 10379 Lake Placid
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
Lake Placid is a village in Essex County, New York, United States, within the Adirondack Mountains. Its population was 2,205 at the 2020 census. Lake Placid became known internationally for hosting the 1932 and the 1980 Winter Olympics. Lake Placid has also hosted the 1972 and 2023 Winter World University Games, as well as the 2000 Goodwill Winter Games. The village is near the center of the town of North Elba, 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Plattsburgh.
History
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