Calcium, New York
census-designated place in Jefferson County, New York
Calcium is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 3,573 as of the 2020 census. The CDP is in the town of Le Ray and includes the hamlets of Calcium and Sanfords Four Corners.
The town was renamed Calcium in 1911 at the request of local inventor Madison Cooper after the calcium chloride used in his patented refrigeration plants.
Historic landmarks include the stone house at the intersection of State Route 342 and County Route 138 that once served as the post office for the area, and the Calcium Community Church at the same intersection. The church was built in 1853 by a group of at least three different denominations, including Methodist Episcopal, Christian, and Unitarian. The building was shared by these and various Christian groups over the years, and remains a community church today.
Geography
Calcium is located in central Jefferson County at 44°02′05″N 75°50′32″W, in the western part of the town of Le Ray. It is bordered on the east by the developed part of Fort Drum.
The hamlet of Calcium is in the southern part of the CDP, east of U.S. Route 11, while Sanfords Four Corners is in the central part of the CDP along New York State Route 342 east of US-11.
“Calcium, New York” enters the record as census-designated place in Jefferson County, New York. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Calcium, York and census-designated can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3461363. Authority coordinates are 44.035, -75.842. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1911 and 1853.
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