Brighton
Brighton is a town in Franklin County, New York, United States. The population was 1,435 at the 2010 census. It was named after Brighton, England, by early surveyors in the region.- Type: Municipality with 1,170 residents
- Description: town in Franklin County, New York, United States
- Also known as: “Brighton, Franklin County, New York”, “Brighton, NY”, “Town of Brighton”, and “Бригҳтон”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Lower St. Regis Lake and Camp Gabriels.
Camp Gabriels
Protected area
Camp Gabriels was a minimum security state prison, located in northern New York.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paul Smiths and Gabriels.
Brighton
- Categories: town in the United States, town of New York, and locality
- Location: Franklin, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.4409° or 44° 26′ 27″ north
Longitude
-74.2336° or 74° 14′ 1″ west
Population
1,170
Elevation
1,742 feet (531 metres)
Open location code
87P7CQR8+9H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=municipality
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Uzbek—“Brighton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Brighton”
- Chechen: “Брайтон”
- Chinese: “布賴頓 (紐約州富蘭克林縣)”
- Chinese: “布賴頓”
- French: “Brighton”
- German: “Brighton”
- Haitian: “Brighton, New York”
- Haitian: “Brighton”
- Hungarian: “Brighton”
- Korean: “브라이턴”
- Mazanderani: “برایتون، فرانکلین کانتی (نیویورک)”
- Mazanderani: “برایتون، فرانکلین کانتی”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Brighton”
- Norwegian: “Brighton, Franklin County”
- Polish: “Brighton”
- Russian: “Брайтон”
- Spanish: “Brighton”
- Tatar: “Брайтон”
- Turkish: “Brighton”
- Ukrainian: “Брайтон”
- Urdu: “برائٹن، فرینکلن کاؤنٹی، نیو یارک”
- Uzbek: “Brighton”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Paul Smiths Easy Street and Upper St. Regis.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Town of Brighton and Brighton Town Hall.
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