Tannersville, New York

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Tannersville is a village in Greene County, New York, USA. The population was 448 at the 2000 census.

The Village of Tannersville is in the east-central part of the Town of Hunter on Route 23A.

1 History
- 1.1 Past residents of note
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 Points of interest
5 External links

[edit] History

The village was founded around lumber mills and tanneries. It was incorporated in 1895.

[edit] Past residents of note

Mary Mapes Dodge, author of children's books.
Howard Frank Mosher, author.

[edit] Geography

Tannersville is located at 42°11′37″N, 74°8′20″W (42.193619, -74.139011)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.0 km² (1.1 mi²). 2.9 km² (1.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (2.61%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 448 people, 216 households, and 114 families residing in the village. The population density was 155.8/km² (402.4/mi²). There were 505 housing units at an average density of 175.7/km² (453.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 95.09% White, 0.89% African American, 0.22% Asian, 0.67% from other races, and 3.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.90% of the population.

There were 216 households out of which 20.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.4% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.8% were non-families. 40.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.07 and the average family size was 2.80.

In the village the population was spread out with 19.4% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 29.5% from 45 to 64, and 20.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.4 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $28,500, and the median income for a family was $37,500. Males had a median income of $27,708 versus $27,000 for females. The per capita income for the village was $15,318. About 10.7% of families and 18.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.2% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.