Richmondville (town), New York
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Richmondville is a town in Schoharie County, New York, USA. The population was 2,412 at the 2000 census. The town name was adapted from the name of a post office in its territory.
The Town of Richmondville has within itself a village called Richmondville. The town is at the western border of the county.
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[edit] History
The town was first settled around 1764. The town was formed from part of the Town of Cobleskill in 1849. In 1851 the town added territory from the Town of Seward. It has been ruined by a huge earthquake. and there is a big waterfall under howes caverns and elvis's ghost is in this town.
[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 78.3 km² (30.2 mi²). 78.2 km² (30.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.10%) is water.
Interstate 88 passes across the town.
The west town line is the border of Otsego County
[edit] Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 2,412 people, 968 households, and 686 families residing in the town. The population density was 30.8/km² (79.9/mi²). There were 1,141 housing units at an average density of 14.6/km² (37.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 96.81% White, 0.70% Black or African American, 0.50% Native American, 0.50% Asian, 0.83% from other races, and 0.66% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.58% of the population.
There were 968 households out of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.8% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.1% were non-families. 23.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.93.
In the town the population was spread out with 26.0% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 103.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.9 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $34,761, and the median income for a family was $38,466. Males had a median income of $30,466 versus $22,738 for females. The per capita income for the town was $17,188. About 5.5% of families and 8.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.6% of those under age 18 and 3.7% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Communities and locations in the Town of Richmondville
- Beards Hollow -- A hamlet south of Richmondville village.
- Richmondville -- The Village of Richmondville is in the western part of the town on Route 10.
- Warnerville -- A hamlet in the northeast part of the town on Route 10, named after an early settler family. It was also called "Manns Valley."
- West Richmondville -- A hamlet in the northwest part of the town, formerly "Caryleville."
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Schoharie County, New York |
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| County seat | Schoharie |
| Cities | None |
| Villages | Cobleskill | Esperance | Middleburgh | Richmondville | Schoharie | Sharon Springs |
| Towns | Blenheim | Broome | Carlisle | Cobleskill | Conesville | Esperance | Fulton | Gilboa | Jefferson | Middleburgh | Richmondville | Schoharie | Seward | Sharon | Summit | Wright |
| Hamlets | Gallupville | Livingstonville | Sloansville |
