Official Name: | Copake Falls, New York |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet & Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | New York |
Pushpin Label: | Copake Falls |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of New York |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New York |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Columbia |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Copake |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.58 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.58 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.22 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.22 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 181 |
Population Density Km2: | 312.16 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 808.04 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 650 |
Coordinates: | 42.1194°N -73.525°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 12517 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 36-18113 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS code |
Blank1 Info: | 0947409 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Copake Falls is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Columbia County, New York, United States. The hamlet, once known as Copake Iron Works, is in the eastern part of the town of Copake, west of the Massachusetts state line. The CDP was designated after the 2010 census.
The former Copake Falls Methodist Episcopal Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[2]
Copake Falls is located along Bashbish Brook at the western foot of the Taconic Mountains, a range that runs along the New York-Massachusetts border. The Copake Falls area of Taconic State Park, with campsites and hiking trails, is directly east of the hamlet, and Bash Bish Falls, the highest waterfall in Massachusetts, is located 2miles to the east via New York State Route 344.
A portion of the hamlet comprises the Copake Iron Works Historic District, part of the National Register of Historic Places.
New York State Route 22 forms the western edge of the Copake Falls CDP and leads north 4miles to Hillsdale and south 2miles to Copake hamlet.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Copake Falls CDP has a total area of 0.58km2, all land.[3]