Averill Park, New York
census-designated place in Rensselaer County, New York
Averill Park is a census-designated place within the town of Sand Lake in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 2,098 at the 2020 census.
The community is named after the local Averill family. It is located on Route 43, south of Crystal Lake and east of West Sand Lake.
The Sand Lake Baptist Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Averill Park had a population of 2,098. The median age was 47.4 years. 19.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 19.5% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 99.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 100.7 males age 18 and over.
79.7% of residents lived in urban areas, while 20.3% lived in rural areas.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Averill Park, New York” as census-designated place in Rensselaer County, New York. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as census-designated place in Rensselaer County, New York. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3460564. VIAF identifies the subject as 146871069. The Library of Congress control number is no94004608. Authority coordinates are 42.636, -73.554. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2004.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
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Three-step research path
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- Expand the search: follow Averill Park, New York primary sources, Averill Park, New York archive and Averill research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Averill Park, New York” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.