Country Knolls, New York
census-designated place in Saratoga County, New York
Country Knolls is a census-designated place (CDP) in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 5,349 at the 2020 census.
History
The Country Knolls CDP is part of the "Country Knolls Estates" housing development. The area is sometimes also referred to as "Country Knolls North" or as the "original" Country Knolls to clarify it from a similar housing development called "Country Knolls South" that was built later a few miles south of Country Knolls. The census-designated place Country Knolls is within and is smaller than the larger Country Knolls Estates. Country Knolls (North), Country Knolls South, Country Knolls West, and the earlier Clifton Knolls were built by the local Clifton Park housing development company owned by Robert Van Patten.
The Country Knolls Civic Association has a description of the development and growth of the original Country Knolls from its initial homes built on Hillcrest Drive, Meridian Lane, Ridge Lane, and Manor Court in 1964, to the expansion of Country Knolls into the town of Malta, and the later addition of homes in 1988/89 on previously untouched land in the middle of Country Knolls in 1988 on the new Huntington Parkway. The housing development Country Knolls also includes adjacent homes in the "Longkill" and "Ashley" sections that are separated from the main development by Longkill Road and Ushers Road, respectively.
Geography
Country Knolls is located at 42°54′52″N 73°48′35″W (42.914376, -73.809651). According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2), all land.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Country Knolls, New York” is census-designated place in Saratoga County, New York. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Country, Knolls and York, not as a finished interpretation.
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The phrase “census-designated place in Saratoga County, New York” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3461799. Authority coordinates are 42.914, -73.810. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1964 and 1988.
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