Shortsville, New York

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Shortsville is a village in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 1,320 at the 2000 census.

The Village of Shortsville is in the southwest part of the Town of Manchester and is north of Canandaigua, NY.

1 History
2 Notable Inhabitants
3 Geography
4 Demographics
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

Significant portions of this section are sourced from Conover and Milliken. See "References".

Originally called "Short's Mills," Shortsville began its existence in 1804 when Theophilus Short built two mills on the shores of the Canandiagua Outlet. The village was incorporated in 1889.

Shortsville grew as a mill town and a number of flour, woolen and paper mills were built in addition to Short's original flower and saw mills.

Significant companies that once inhabited Shortsville include Empire Drill Works, founded by Hiram and Calvin Brown in 1850 and operated until 1900, Shortsville Wheel Company, a manufacturer of carriage and automobile wheels, founded in 1889 and closed in the early 20th century, and Papec Machine Company, a manufacturer of farming implements, which ceased operation in the 1980s.

The first school in the village was built in 1807. A district school was built in 1811 and what would become Shortsville High School was built in 1886. The property where this latter building was located is now occupied by a building and field associated with St. Dominic Church, a parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester.

[edit] Notable Inhabitants

Philip Bredesen, Governor of Tennessee, grew up in Shortsville.

[edit] Geography

Shortsville is located at 42°57′18″N, 77°13′22″W (42.955047, -77.222810)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.7 km² (0.6 mi²), all land.

County Road 13, which is Main Street in Shortsville, intersects New York State Route 21 in the west side of the village. Shortsville is about two miles south of both the New York State Thruway and New York State Route 96.

Shortsville is immediately south of the Village of Manchester.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 1,320 people, 508 households, and 368 families residing in the village. The population density was 796.3/km² (2,078.5/mi²). There were 520 housing units at an average density of 313.7/km² (818.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.18% White, 0.08% African American, 0.30% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.08% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.91% of the population.

There were 508 households out of which 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.3% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.4% were non-families. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the village the population was spread out with 25.6% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $44,432, and the median income for a family was $51,023. Males had a median income of $32,650 versus $24,886 for females. The per capita income for the village was $20,440. About 2.4% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.4% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] References

Conover, George S., Ed. History of Ontario County New York. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1893. Milliken, Charles F. History of Ontario County NY and its People. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911.