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Taconic Shores, New York

Census-designated place in New York, United States

42°7′2″N 73°33′18″W / 42.11722°N 73.55500°W / 42.11722; -73.55500CountryUnited StatesStateNew YorkCounty ColumbiaTownCopakeArea

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• Total1.02 sq mi (2.64 km²) • Land0.83 sq mi (2.15 km²) • Water0.19 sq mi (0.49 km²)Elevation

531 ft (162 m)Population

(2020)

• Total547 • Density657.45/sq mi (253.90/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)FIPS code36-73057GNIS code2761353Websitewww.taconicshores.org

Taconic Shores is a residential development and census-designated place (CDP) in Columbia County, New York, United States. The hamlet is near the geographic center of the town of Copake and surrounds Robinson Pond, a water body on the Roeliff Jansen Kill. The CDP was designated after the 2010 census.

Geography

Taconic Shores consists of a housing development surrounding Robinson Pond, part of the Roeliff Jansen Kill, a stream which flows west to the Hudson River. The community is just north of Copake Hamlet and the Copake Town Hall. The community of Copake Lake is 2 miles (3 km) to the northwest (5 miles (8 km) by road).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Taconic Shores CDP has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km²), of which 0.85 square miles (2.2 km²) is land and 0.19 square miles (0.5 km²), or 18.47%, is water.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	547		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
^ "2014 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places: New York". U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.