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is a village in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 1,152 at the 2000 census.
lies on the east side of the Town of Moriah and is approximately one hour's drive south of Plattsburgh.
Port Henry is in a tract of land set aside for veterans of the French and Indian War. Although a mill was built in 1765, no other settlers arrived until 1785. Native Americans were still living in the town until after 1800.
Early settlers discovered iron ore a few miles inland, and its extraction became an important industry for about one hundred and fifty years. A blast furnace constructed in the village in 1822 was one of the first in the United States.
By the end of the 19th Century, harvesting of smelt for the restaurant trade, became a major winter recreation of ice fishing.