Plattsburgh, New York

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The city of Plattsburgh is located in the Adirondacks.

Plattsburgh is located in Clinton County and is the county seat.

The community of Plattsburgh is 40 feet [12.19 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Plattsburgh lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Plattsburgh, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Plattsburgh had a population of 18,816 people^<2> (or 23.53% of the total population of Clinton County). The population of Plattsburgh represented 0.1% of the total of New York, making it the state's 123rd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Plattsburgh had a population of 19,393 people. This is an increase of 3.07% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Plattsburgh.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Champlain	N	18 mi [28.97 km]	5,899	1.86% increase
	Dannemora	W	18 mi [28.97 km]	5,088	1.18% decrease
	Peru	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	6,882	8.04% increase
	Schuyler Falls	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	5,227	1.93% increase
	Burlington (VT)	SE	18 mi [28.97 km]	38,897	---
	Colchester (VT)	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	17,237	1.48% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Plattsburgh.

The Commemorative Quarter for New York<4>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Plattsburgh. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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