Watkins Glen
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Village and CDP in New York, US
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- County
- Schuyler
- Settled
- 1791 ; 235 years ago ( 1791 )
- Named
- 1842 ; 184 years ago ( 1842 ) , as Jefferson
- Mayor
- Laurie DeNardo
- Total
- 1.94 sq mi (5.03 km )
- Land
- 1.56 sq mi (4.04 km )
- Water
- 0.38 sq mi (0.99 km )
- Elevation
- 463 ft (141 m)
- Density
- 1,194.1/sq mi (461.05/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 36-78696
- Gnis feature id
- 0974082
- Website
- www .watkinsglen .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Watkins Glen
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Schuyler County
- Population
- 1863
- Area
- 5.030739
- Elevation
- 141
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Schuyler County
- Official website
- www.watkinsglen.us
- Image
- NY 14 SB approaching NY 409-NY 414.jpg
- Households
- 896
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- Commons category
- Watkins Glen, New York
- topic's main category
- Category:Watkins Glen, New York
- postal code
- 14891
- water as percent of area
- 19.737
- per capita income
- 29634
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Watkins Glen is a village in and the county seat of Schuyler County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,829. Watkins Glen lies between the towns of Dix and Reading. To the southwest of the village is the Watkins Glen International race track, which hosts annual NASCAR Cup Series and WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races, and formerly hosted the United States Grand Prix and various IndyCar races.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Watkins Glen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.