Hancock (village), New York

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Hancock is a village in Delaware County, New York, United States. The population was 1,189 at the 2000 census.

The Village of Hancock is in the west part of the Town of Hancock at the junction of Routes 17 and 97.

Hancock is located at the confluence of the East and West branches of the Delaware River.

Hancock owes its former importance mainly to its role as a division point of the Erie Railroad from 1848, especially in the days of steam locomotives. Its importance declined with the replacement of steam with diesel locomotives in the early 1950's; the division point was removed with the merger of the Erie into the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad in 1960. The railroad still exists as the Southern Tier main of the Norfolk Southern Railway.

The Scranton branch of the New York, Ontario and Western Railway bridged the West branch just west of the village until 1957; this railway's main activity in the area was at Cadosia junction, a few miles up the East branch.

[edit] Geography

Hancock is located at the convergence of the East and West Branch of the Delaware River at the border of Pennsylvania.

Hancock is located at 41°57′17″N, 75°16′59″W (41.954764, -75.283326)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 4.4 km² (1.7 mi²). 4.1 km² (1.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (7.65%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 1,189 people, 505 households, and 311 families residing in the village. The population density was 292.4/km² (755.4/mi²). There were 594 housing units at an average density of 146.1/km² (377.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 96.89% White, 0.42% Black or African American, 0.42% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.42% from other races, and 1.68% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.28% of the population.

There were 505 households out of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.9% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.4% were non-families. 34.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the village the population was spread out with 22.5% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 24.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 88.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.2 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $27,419, and the median income for a family was $36,083. Males had a median income of $27,455 versus $17,188 for females. The per capita income for the village was $16,616. About 7.9% of families and 15.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.7% of those under age 18 and 15.7% of those age 65 or over.