Places
Below you fill find all funeral homes and cemeteries in or near Paradox.
Popular neighborhoods in Paradox include: Schroon Lake.
Suburbs of Paradox: Paradox Lake, Ticonderoga.
Their current mayor is Mayor Marnell.
Zip codes in the city: 12858.
Essex County funeral flowers can be purchased from one of the local funeral shops we partner with.
Funeral Homes near Paradox
Warrensburg, NY 12885
North River, NY 12856
Chestertown, NY 12817
Brandon, VT 05733
Vergennes, VT 05491
Castleton, VT 05750
Fair Haven, VT 05731
Schroon Lake, NY 12870
Elizabethtown, NY 12932
Chestertown, NY 12817
Middlebury, VT 05766
Westport, NY 12993
Port Henry, NY 12974
Fair Haven, VT 05750
Whitehall, NY 12887
Brandon, VT 05733
Facts about the city
Schroon is a town in the Adirondack Park, in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 1,654 at the 2010 census. The largest community in town is the hamlet of Schroon Lake, located at the north end of the lake of the same name.The town of Schroon is in the southern part of Essex County and is north of Albany. The town contains two lakes: the northern two-thirds of 9-mile-long (14 km) Schroon Lake, and 5-mile-long (8 km) Paradox Lake. The two lakes are connected by the Schroon River, a south-flowing tributary of the Hudson River.
Paradox Obituaries
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History
Prior to the construction of the Adirondack Northway (Interstate 87), US Route 9 was the major north-south highway between Albany and Montreal, which made Schroon Lake a convenient stopping off point for travelers to purchase gas, lodging, and meals. The origination of the name "Schroon" is not precisely known. The "Scaroons" is/are mentioned twice in The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, as a place seen by Hawkeye (Natty Bumppo), Chinachgook and Uncas after they had departed Horicon (the name used by Cooper for Lake George) while traveling northward chasing Magua and his two captives, Cora and Alice Munro. The town was partitioned to form the newer Minerva, New York of Minerva in 1817. Schroon is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town in the Adirondack Park, in Essex County, New York County, New York, United States.
The official website for the city of Paradox is http://www.schroon.net.
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