Newcomb Wedding

Newcomb is a town in Essex County, New York, USA. The population was 481 at the 2000 census.

The Town of Newcomb is at the west border of the county. The town is inside the Adirondack State Park; it contains the Lake Harris State Campground.

The town was settled around 1816. The Town of Newcomb was established in 1828 from parts of the Towns of Minerva and Moria.

Theodore Roosevelt was informed of the impending death of President William McKinley in September 1901 while hunting and hiking in the town.

The west town line is the border of Hamilton County, New York.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 603.9 km (233.2 mi). 586.8 km (226.6 mi) of it is land and 17.1 km (6.6 mi) of it (2.83%) is water.

As of the census2 of 2000, there were 481 people, 211 households, and 140 families residing in the town. The population density was 0.8/km (2.1/mi). There were 655 housing units at an average density of 1.1/km (2.9/mi). The racial makeup of the town was 95.22% White, 0.62% Native American, 0.62% from other races, and 3.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.42% of the population.