Town of Santa Clara

St. Peter's Oratory in Santa Clara Santa Clara Lodge
The Town of Santa Clara is a town in Franklin County, New York. The town has an area of area of 191.7 square miles, and a population of 395 as of the 2000 census. It is 30 miles long in a north-south direction, and between six and seven miles wide. The name was derived from the wife of an early town businessman, John Hurd.

There is a hamlet of Santa Clara at the northern end of the town.

The town is in the southwest part of the county and lies southwest of the Village of Malone, and west of Saranac Lake. It includes the 58 ponds of the Saint Regis Canoe Area, presently the only Canoe Wilderness Area in the Adirondack Park, and most of 4,700-acre Upper Saranac Lake.

The Town of Santa Clara was formed from part of the Town of Brandon in 1888. An addition from Brandon was added to Santa Clara in 1896.

William G. Rockefeller began buying property in the town around 1896 in order to establish an estate, Bay Pond, used by members of his family during the summer.

Communities and locations in Santa Clara

• Bay Pond – A hamlet in the south-central part of the town. It was a former Rockefeller summer home.
  

• Brandon – A former community, located north of Bay Pond. It became part of the Rockefeller estate and its buildings were removed.
  

• Derrick – A hamlet west of Saranac Inn
  

• Everton – A former community abandoned after the forests had been stripped
  

• Floodwood – A hamlet west of Saranac Inn near the west town line
  

• Kildare – A hamlet west of Saranac Inn near the west town line
  

• Madawaska – A hamlet near the east town line
  

• Madawaska Pond – A lake near the center of the town
  

• Middle Saranac Lake – Part of the lake is in the southeast corner of the town
  

• Meno – A location northeast of Madawaska
  

• The Saint Regis Canoe Area – A 19,000-acre wilderness area with 58 ponds
  

• Santa Clara – A hamlet near the western town line in the northern part of the town on NY-458
  

• Saranac Inn (also "Upper Saranac") – A hamlet in the south part of the town
  

• Saranac Inn Station – A location east of Saranac Inn
  

• Spring Cove – A hamlet near the west town line, south of Santa Clara village
  

• Upper Saranac Lake – A large lake most of which lies within the south part of the town
  

• Weller Pond – A large pond in the southern part of the town

Source: Wikipedia: Santa Clara, New York