Wright
Wright is a town in Schoharie County, New York, United States. The population was 1,516 at the 2020 census. The town was named after governor Silas Wright. The Town of Wright is on the county's northeastern corner and is west of Albany.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 1,520 residents
- Description: town in Schoharie County, New York
- Also known as: “Wright, New York” and “Wright, NY”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Independence.
Mount Independence
Peak
Photo: Zeph77, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Independence on Lake Champlain in Orwell, Vermont, was the site of extensive fortifications built during the American Revolutionary War by the American army to stop a British invasion. Mount Independence is situated 2 miles north of Wright.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Putnam and Ticonderoga.
Putnam
Hamlet
Putnam is a town in northern Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 567 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Israel Putnam, a hero of the American Revolution. Putnam is situated 4 miles south of Wright.
Ticonderoga
Photo: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ticonderoga is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 5,042 at the 2010 census. The name comes from the Mohawk tekontaró:ken, meaning "it is at the junction of two waterways".
Orwell
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Orwell is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,239 at the 2020 census. Mount Independence was the largest fortification constructed by the American colonial forces. Orwell is situated 4 miles east of Wright.
Wright
- Categories: town in the United States, town of New York, and locality
- Location: Town of Putnam, Washington County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.80034° or 43° 48′ 1″ northLongitude
-73.38067° or 73° 22′ 50″ westPopulation
1,520Elevation
157 feet (48 metres)Open location code
87M8RJ29+4POpenStreetMap ID
node 158800172OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5145111Wikidata ID
Q3708894
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Uzbek—“Wright” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Wright”
- Chechen: “Райт”
- Chinese: “賴特”
- Chinese: “赖特”
- French: “Wright”
- German: “Wright”
- Haitian: “Wright, New York”
- Haitian: “Wright”
- Hungarian: “Wright”
- Italian: “Wright”
- Mazanderani: “رایت (نیویورک)”
- Mazanderani: “رایت”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wright”
- Polish: “Wright”
- South Azerbaijani: “رایت، نیویورک”
- Spanish: “Wright”
- Tatar: “Райт”
- Turkish: “Wright”
- Ukrainian: “Райт”
- Uzbek: “Wright, New York”
- Uzbek: “Wright”
- Uzbek: “Wригҳт”
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