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Port Kent is a hamlet within the town of Chesterfield, Essex County, New York, United States, on the western shore of Lake Champlain. [1] Its population was last recorded as 217 (141 households). Its ZIP code is 12975.
The state of New York assumed maintenance of most of the Ausable Chasm–Port Kent roadway at some point after 1920. [19] In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York , the entirety of the highway from Ausable Chasm to the Port Kent ferry landing was designated as NY 373, [ 2 ] despite the fact that the small portion of the route east ...
The Port Kent and Hopkinton Turnpike was a 19th-century toll road in the North Country of New York in the United States. It began in the town of Hopkinton and ended at the hamlet of Port Kent, located on the western shore of Lake Champlain. The turnpike was constructed in the early 1830s and was completed in 1833.
First reassurance marker on CR 26 (former NY 99) eastbound in Duane. On April 18, 1829, the New York State Legislature passed an act that allowed construction to begin on the Port Kent and Hopkinton Turnpike, a toll road that was to begin in the town of Hopkinton and end at the hamlet of Port Kent on the western shore of Lake Champlain. [9]
The highway system of Essex County, New York, comprises 1,367.8 miles (2,201.3 km) of roads maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation, the county, and its towns and villages. Eighteen state-maintained highways enter the county, which account for a combined 329.4 miles (530.1 km) of the state highway mileage in New York.
Keeseville – A hamlet on the northern border of the town at US-9 and NY-22. Port Douglas – A hamlet in the eastern part of the town, located on the shore of Lake Champlain at Corlear Bay and on County Road 16. Port Kent – A hamlet in the northeastern corner of the town on Lake Champlain.
The Elkanah Watson House is a historic house at Lake and South Streets in Port Kent, New York. Built in 1828, it was the home of Elkanah Watson (1758–1842), a businessman and diplomat best known for founding and promoting the idea of agricultural fairs. This house, still a private residence, was his home until his death. [3]
Essex County is a county in the U.S. state of New York.As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,381. [2] Its county seat is the hamlet of Elizabethtown. [3] Its name is from the English county of Essex.