Port Henry

Port Henry is a hamlet in , United States. The population was 1,194 at the 2010 census. Port Henry lies on the eastern side of the town of and is approximately one hour's drive south of Plattsburgh.
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  • Type: Village with 1,150 residents
  • Description: hamlet in Essex County, New York, United States
  • Also known as: Port Henry, New York” and “Port Henry, NY
  • Postal code: 12974

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sherman Free Library and Port Henry station.

Library
is an historic free association , located in the hamlet of Port Henry, in the town of Moriah, in . It was built in 1887 and has two rooms, and is a 1+1⁄2-story brick building topped by slate-covered, steeply pitched gable roofs, on a limestone foundation.

Railway station
is an Amtrak intercity train station in Port Henry, New York served by the Adirondack. The station has one low-level side platform on the west side of the track.

Fort
Photo: Petersent, Public domain.
was a French fort built on to secure the region against British colonization and control the lake. It was located in modern New York State across the lake from modern at the town of . is situated 2 miles southeast of Port Henry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chimney Point and Moriah.

Hamlet
is a peninsula in the town of , which juts into forming a narrows. It is one of the earliest settled and most strategic sites in the Champlain Valley. is situated 2 miles southeast of Port Henry.

Village
is a town in , , United States. Lying within the , it is situated in the eastern part of the county, 47 miles by road south-southwest of , 55 miles south of Plattsburgh, 115 miles north of , and 116 miles south of , Quebec. is situated 2½ miles west of Port Henry.

Village
is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of in , . The population was 1,269 at the 2010 census. Prior to the 2010 census, it was part of the census-designated place. is situated 4 miles northwest of Port Henry.

Port Henry

Latitude
44.04861° or 44° 2′ 55″ north
Longitude
-73.45974° or 73° 27′ 35″ west
Population
1,150
Elevation
243 feet (74 metres)
Open location code
87P82GXR+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158842498
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5132011
Wiki­data ID
Q3123195
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Port Henry” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بورت هنري
  • Basque: Port Henry
  • Catalan: Port Henry
  • Cebuano: Port Henry
  • Chechen: Порт-Генри
  • Chinese: 亨利港 (紐約州)
  • Chinese: 亨利港
  • French: Port Henry
  • German: Port Henry
  • Haitian: Port Henry, New York
  • Haitian: Port Henry
  • Hungarian: Port Henry
  • Irish: Port Henry
  • Italian: Port Henry
  • Japanese: ポート・ヘンリー
  • Ladin: Port Henry
  • Malagasy: Port Henry, New York
  • Malagasy: Port Henry
  • Persian: پورت هنری، نیویورک
  • Persian: پورت هنری
  • Serbian: Порт Хенри
  • Serbo-Croatian: Port Henry, New York
  • Serbo-Croatian: Port Henry
  • South Azerbaijani: پورت هنری، نیویورک
  • Spanish: Port Henry
  • Tatar: Порт-Генри
  • Ukrainian: Порт-Генрі
  • Volapük: Port Henry, New York
  • Volapük: Port Henry

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Highlights include Port Henry Post Office 12974 and Mt. Moriah.

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