{"id":6011,"count":4,"description":"Newcomb is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 481 at the 2000 census.\nThe Town of Newcomb is at the west border of the county. It is 58 miles (93\u00a0km) southwest of Plattsburgh, 59 miles (95\u00a0km) southwest of Burlington, VT, 81 miles (130\u00a0km) northeast of Utica, NY, 93 miles (150\u00a0km) north-northeast of Albany, NY, and 124 miles (200\u00a0km) south-southwest of Montreal, Quebec. The town is inside the Adirondack Park; it contains the Lake Harris Campground. The town is the largest in area in Essex County.\nThe town lies in an area claimed prehistorically by both Iroquois and Algonquian tribes.\nThe town was settled around 1816. Most of the early industry was devoted to harvesting lumber until the discovery of large iron ore deposits.\nThe Town of Newcomb was established in 1828 from parts of the Towns of Minerva and Moriah. It includes the Hamlet of Newcomb, but does not contain a village.\nBy the end of the 19th Century, the town was becoming famous as a sportsman...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/newcomb\/","name":"Newcomb","slug":"newcomb","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/6011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=6011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}