Caroga, New York
Caroga is a town in Fulton County, New York, USA. The population was 1,205 at the 2010 census. The town was named after a local creek.
The Town of Caroga is in the northern part of the county and is north of Gloversville and Johnstown.
The summer population of Caroga usually increases by more than 4,000 from the influx of tourists.
History
The town was first settled around 1783.
The town was created in 1842 from parts of the Towns of Bleecker, Johnstown, and Stratford.
The name of the town is an altered spelling of Garoga [Creek].
The industry of the early town was based on lumber and tanning. By 1890 the population was 624.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 54.2 square miles (140 km2), of which, 50.8 square miles (132 km2) of it is land and 3.4 square miles (8.8 km2) of it (6.25%) is water.
The north town line is the border of Hamilton County, New York.
Caroga is inside the Adirondack Park.
New York State Route 10 is a north-south highway in Caroga. New York State Route 29A is an east-west highway intersecting NY-10 near Pine Lake and then running southward as a conjoined highway to Caroga Lake village. New York State Route 10A branches off of NY-10 near Bradtville.
Caroga (moth)
Caroga is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.
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