Canaan
Canaan is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 1,570 at the 2020 census, down from 1,710 at the 2010 census. The town is in the northeastern part of the county.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,570 residents
- Description: human settlement in Columbia County, New York, United States of America
- Also known as: “Canaan, New York”, “Canaan, NY”, and “Kings District”
- Postal code: 12029
Places of Interest
Highlights include Queechy Lake.
Queechy Lake
Lake
Queechy Lake is a lake in Canaan, Columbia County, New York. Situated near the Massachusetts state border, the lake is 40 feet deep and contains a surface area of 141 acres. Queechy Lake is situated 1½ miles east of Canaan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Lebanon and Richmond.
New Lebanon
New Lebanon is in Columbia County, New York, on the border with the Berkshire County, Massachusetts. New Lebanon was the main spiritual home of the Shakers, a Christian sect who practice a celibate and communal lifestyle, pacifism, uniform charismatic worship, and equality of the sexes.
Richmond
Hamlet
Photo: Croosadabilia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Richmond is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,407 at the 2020 census. Richmond is situated 5 miles southeast of Canaan.
Hancock Shaker Village
Locality
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Hancock Shaker Village is a former Shaker commune in Hancock and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It emerged in the towns of Hancock, Pittsfield, and Richmond in the 1780s, organized in 1790, and was active until 1960. Hancock Shaker Village is situated 6 miles east of Canaan.
Canaan
- Categories: town in the United States, town of New York, and locality
- Location: Town of Canaan, Columbia County, Mid-Hudson and Catskills, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.41184° or 42° 24′ 43″ northLongitude
-73.44961° or 73° 26′ 59″ westPopulation
1,570Elevation
850 feet (259 metres)Open location code
87J8CH62+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 158859248OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
5111373Wikidata ID
Q2483284
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Canaan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كانان”
- Basque: “Canaan”
- Chechen: “Кейнен”
- Chinese: “迦南”
- Dutch: “Canaan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كانان”
- French: “Canaan”
- German: “Canaan”
- Haitian: “Canaan, New York”
- Haitian: “Canaan”
- Hungarian: “Canaan”
- Italian: “Canaan”
- Mazanderani: “کانان (نیویورک)”
- Mazanderani: “کانان”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Canaan”
- Polish: “Canaan”
- Spanish: “Canaan”
- Tatar: “Кейнен”
- Turkish: “Canaan”
- Ukrainian: “Кейнен”
- Urdu: “کنعان، نیو یارک”
- Uzbek: “Canaan, New York”
- Uzbek: “Canaan”
- Uzbek: “Cанаан”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Queechy and Canaan Center.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Town of Canaan and Canaan Cemetery.
Columbia County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Hudson, Kinderhook, and New Lebanon.
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