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Beaver Dam Lake, New York
Census-designated place
Beaverdam Lake, the lake the community is named after
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Coordinates: 41°26′39″N 74°7′4″W / 41.44417°N 74.11778°W / 41.44417; -74.11778
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Orange
Towns	Blooming Grove Cornwall New Windsor
Area
• Total	2.74 sq mi (7.10 km)
• Land	2.44 sq mi (6.32 km)
• Water	0.30 sq mi (0.78 km)  10.95%
Elevation	331 ft (101 m)
Population
• Total	2,609
• Density	1,069.26/sq mi (412.90/km)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	12577 (Salisbury Mills) 12553 (New Windsor)
Area code	845
FIPS code	36-05188
GNIS feature ID	2652336

Beaver Dam Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of New Windsor, Blooming Grove, and Cornwall in Orange County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 2,609.

The CDP is in eastern Orange County, bordered to the west by the village of Washingtonville and to the south by Salisbury Mills. The community surrounds Beaverdam Lake, which drains south to Moodna Creek at Salisbury Mills. Moodna Creek flows into the Hudson River between New Windsor and Cornwall-on-Hudson.

New York State Route 94 forms the southern edge of the CDP. It leads northeast 6 miles (10 km) to New Windsor and southwest 10 miles (16 km) to Chester. Newburgh is 8 miles (13 km) to the northeast, and Middletown is 19 miles (31 km) to the west.

Demographics

As of the census of 2020, there were 2,609 people residing in the area.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.74 square miles (7.1 km), of which 2.44 square miles (6.3 km) is land and 0.30 square miles (0.78 km) (10.95%) is water.

Education

Most of it is in Washingtonville Central School District while a portion is in Cornwall Central School District.

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
2. "Beaver Dam Lake Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
3. "2020 Census Redistricting Data: Beaver Dam Lake CDP, New York". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
5. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Orange County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 7, 2024. - Text list

v t e Municipalities and communities of Orange County, New York, United States
County seat: Goshen
Cities	Middletown Newburgh Port Jervis
Towns	Blooming Grove Chester Cornwall Crawford Deerpark Goshen Greenville Hamptonburgh Highlands Minisink Monroe Montgomery Mount Hope New Windsor Newburgh Palm Tree Tuxedo Wallkill Warwick Wawayanda Woodbury
Villages	Chester Cornwall-on-Hudson Florida Goshen Greenwood Lake Harriman Highland Falls Kiryas Joel Maybrook Monroe Montgomery Otisville South Blooming Grove Tuxedo Park Unionville Walden Warwick Washingtonville Woodbury
CDPs	Balmville Beaver Dam Lake Central Valley Firthcliffe Fort Montgomery Gardnertown Highland Mills Mechanicstown Mountain Lodge Park New Windsor Orange Lake Pine Bush Salisbury Mills Scotchtown Sparrow Bush Vails Gate Walton Park Washington Heights West Point
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