Mount Morris (village), New York
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| Mount Morris, New York | |
  Mount Morris, New York
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| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Livingston |
| Area | |
| - Total | 2.0 sq mi (5.3 km²) |
| - Land | 2.0 sq mi (5.3 km²) |
| - Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²) |
| Elevation | 630 ft (192 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 3,266 |
| - Density | 1,606.0/sq mi (620.1/km²) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 14510 |
| Area code(s) | 585 |
| FIPS code | 36-48945 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0957862 |
Mount Morris is a village located in the Town of Mount Morris in Livingston County, New York, USA. The population was 3,266 at the 2000 census. The village and town are named after Robert Morris.
The Village of Mount Morris is at the northeastern entrance to Letchworth State Park, which contains a scenic gorge and triple waterfall on the Genesee River. The village is in the northern part of the Town of Mt. Morris.
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[edit] History
The community was first called "Allen Hill" and "Richmond Hill" by early settler Ebenezer Hill. The Village of Mount Morris was incorporated in 1835. It was then named after Robert Morris, the financier of the American Revolution, and later owner of The Morris Reserve, from which the lands around Mount Morris were sold to settlers. It was suggested that these lands were sold at unfairly low prices to friends of the Morris estate, in an attempt to create something akin to an oligarchical rule by landowners in the area.
Just upsteam from the village is the Mount Morris Dam (550 ft/168 m long, 216 ft/66 m high), which was built between 1948 and 1952 for flood control of the lower Genesee Valley. An earlier and much smaller dam, still extant in the village, was used for mills; now it is a small hydroelectric generating station.
The main trade route in the town's early days was the Genesee Valley Canal which ran from the Erie Canal at Rochester to Wellsville. The Friends of the Genesee Valley Greenway have built hiking trails along some of the canal route. The canal was abandoned in the 1870s and later used as a railroad right of way for a succession of railroads, which eventually consolidated into the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Mount Morris Academy was an important early school, but it closed down in 1867.
[edit] Past residents of note
Mary Seymour Howell, a native daughter was a suffragette and associate of Susan B. Anthony. She died in 1913. Other noted natives have been Francis Bellamy, the author of the "Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America," John Wesley Powell, the first white man to navigate and chart the Colorado River, Joseph Strauss, born on November 16, 1861 in Mount Morris, NY; son to a Dry Goods Merchant. Third son and fourth child of Raphael Strauss and Sarah Metger Strauss, Joseph completed his primary school in Mount Morris before his family relocated to Lynchburg, VA where he joined the US Navy and was nominated to a seat in the United States Naval Academy. He graduated from the Academy in 1885 and was commissioned Ensign on July 1, 1887. (He began a distinguished career as a specialist in ordinance in the US Navy and in service to our country. Serving in the Spanish-American War and blockading the Cuban coast, he returned to the Bureau of Ordinance where he established the Naval Proving Grounds. In World War I he was designated Commander, Mine Force, Atlantic Fleet and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal both for directing the laying of the North Sea Mine Barrage and for the hazardous task of clearing it after peace came. As Commander of the Asiatic Fleet with the rank of Admiral, he worked with Congress on budgetary appropriations and later served on the Advisory Board of Battleship Plans. Retiring from the Navy in 1930, Admiral Strauss was a founder of the Naval Historical Society and a long time financial adviser of the Navy Relief Society. Among his inventions were the superimposed system of mounting guns; the first spring recoil gun mount, the first disappearing mount for deck guns of submarines, and the 12-inch gun, the fore-runner of the mighty guns for capital ships' main batteries. He received a special letter of appreciation from Secretary of the Navy Charles F. Adams in 1929 for his work on safety devices of submarines and the salvaging of sunken submarines. He died 30 December 1948 and was buried in the Arlington National Cemetery) and Roscoe C. Barnes (Ross Barnes) who hit the first recorded home run in professional baseball and is credited with the title of the first batting champion of the National League.
[edit] Geography
Mount Morris is located at (42.722996, -77.877001)[1].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.3 km²).None of the area is covered with water.
New York State Route 36 and New York State Route 408 intersect in the village.
Allens Creek and Damonsville Creek flow through the village.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 3,266 people, 1,307 households, and 794 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,606.0 people per square mile (621.2/km²). There were 1,412 housing units at an average density of 694.3/sq mi (268.6/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 94.18% White, 1.13% Black or African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.67% Asian, 2.51% from other races, and 1.22% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.79% of the population.
There were 1,307 households out of which 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.6% were married couples living together, 16.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.2% were non-families. 31.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.94.
In the village the population was spread out with 23.9% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 87.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.1 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $31,792, and the median income for a family was $37,143. Males had a median income of $32,464 versus $20,052 for females. The per capita income for the village was $15,107. About 12.0% of families and 14.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.8% of those under age 18 and 10.8% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] References
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
[edit] External links
- Mount Morris (village), New York is at coordinates Coordinates:
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