East Bloomfield, New York

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East Bloomfield is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 3,361 at the 2000 census.

The Town of East Bloomfield is in the western part of the county, south of Rochester, NY.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 Communities and locations in East Bloomfield
5 Notable residents
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

The Seneca village Ganondagan, in the original Town of Bloomfield, was destroyed by the Denonville in 1687, showing that this area was within the territory of the historic Iroquois.

The town was part of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase.

The town was created along with the county in 1789 as "Bloomfield," but the name was changed to "East Bloomfield" after the creation of the Town of West Bloomfield in 1833. Other towns formed in 1812 from parts of East Bloomfield include: Victor and Mendon (both in Monroe County.

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 86.4 km² (33.3 mi²). 86.0 km² (33.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0.42%) is water.

Conjoined U.S. Route 20/New York State Route 5 joins U.S. Route 20A and passes across the north part of the town. New York State Route 63 (partly conjoined with US-20A) and New York State Route 444 are a north-south highways in the town.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 3,361 people, 1,215 households, and 923 families residing in the town. The population density was 39.1/km² (101.2/mi²). There were 1,268 housing units at an average density of 14.7/km² (38.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.45% White, 0.39% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.18% from other races, and 0.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.04% of the population.

There were 1,215 households out of which 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.7% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.0% were non-families. 17.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the town the population was spread out with 26.8% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $52,176, and the median income for a family was $56,171. Males had a median income of $43,438 versus $24,336 for females. The per capita income for the town was $22,737. About 2.0% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Communities and locations in East Bloomfield

Bloomfield -- The Village of Bloomfield is in the north part of the town at NY-444 and US-20.
East Bloomfield -- A former hamlet on US-20, now part of Bloomfield.
Holcomb -- A former hamlet on NY-444, now part of Bloomfield village.
Mud Creek -- A stream flowing northward in the eastern part of the town.
South Bloomfield -- A hamlet in the southeast part to the town on US-20A.
Speakers Corners -- A hamlet in the southwest part of the town.