Official Name: | Beaver Dam Lake, New York |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | New York#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Beaver Dam Lake |
Coordinates: | 41.4442°N -74.1178°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New York |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Orange |
Subdivision Type3: | Towns |
Subdivision Name3: | Blooming Grove Cornwall New Windsor |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.74 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.44 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.30 |
Area Total Km2: | 7.10 |
Area Land Km2: | 6.32 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.78 |
Area Water Percent: | 10.95 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 2609 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1069.26 |
Population Density Km2: | 412.90 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 331 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Codes |
Postal Code: | 12577 (Salisbury Mills) 12553 (New Windsor) |
Area Code: | 845 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 36-05188 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 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.[2]
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 6miles to New Windsor and southwest 10miles to Chester. Newburgh is 8miles to the northeast, and Middletown is to the west.
As of the census of 2020, there were 2,609 people residing in the area.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.74mi2, of which 2.44mi2 is land and 0.3mi2 (10.95%) is water.