Redfield, New York

Redfield, New York
Town
Redfield, New York Location within the state of New York
Coordinates: 43°34′32″N 75°50′1″W / 43.57556°N 75.83361°W / 43.57556; -75.83361
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Oswego
Area
• Total	93.4 sq mi (242.0 km2)
• Land	90.1 sq mi (233.3 km2)
• Water	3.4 sq mi (8.7 km2)
Elevation	1,138 ft (347 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	550
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	13437
Area code(s)	315
FIPS code	36-60873
GNIS feature ID	0979410

Redfield is a town in Oswego County, New York, USA. The population was 550 at the 2010 census.

The Town of Redfield was incorporated from part of the Town of Mexico in 1800. The town is in the northeast corner of the county.

The town unofficially set a record of 146 inches (370 cm) of snow in a week in February 2007.

Geography

The north town line is the border of Jefferson County, New York and the east town line is the border of Lewis County, New York.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 93.4 square miles (242 km²), of which, 90.1 square miles (233 km²) of it is land and 3.4 square miles (8.8 km²) of it (3.60%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 607 people, 230 households, and 172 families residing in the town. Population density was 6.7 people per square mile (2.6/km²). There were 537 housing units at an average density of 6.0 per square mile (2.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.02% White, 0.66% African American, 0.82% from other races, and 0.49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.65% of the population.

There were 230 households out of which 33.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.7% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.2% 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 2.64 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the town the population was spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 94.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $33,304, and the median income for a family was $39,792. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $22,386 for females. The per capita income for the town was $13,277. About 6.9% of families and 12.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.3% of those under age 18 and 11.4% of those age 65 or over.

Communities and locations in Redfield

• Greenboro – A hamlet in the northwest corner of the town on Route 17.
• Noble Shores – A hamlet by the west town line and north of the Salmon River.
• Redfield – The hamlet of Redfield in the southeast part of the town on Route 17. The community is north of the Salmon River.
• Salmon River – a stream flowing through the town and widening into a reservoir near the community of Redfield.

Snowstorm of 2007

The National Weather Service reported that Redfield had an unofficial total of 146 inches (370 cm) of snow over 8 days in early February 2007, which would be an unofficial state record for New York.

External Pages

• History of Redfield, NY

References

Municipalities and communities of Oswego County, New York, United States County seat: Oswego Cities Fulton Oswego Towns Albion Amboy Boylston Constantia Granby Hannibal Hastings Mexico Minetto New Haven Orwell Oswego Palermo Parish Redfield Richland Sandy Creek Schroeppel Scriba Volney West Monroe Williamstown Villages Central Square Cleveland Hannibal Lacona Mexico Parish Phoenix Pulaski Sandy Creek CDPs Brewerton‡ Constantia Minetto Sand Ridge SUNY Oswego Other hamlets Albion Center Altmar Bardeen Corners Beecherville Bernhards Bay Boylston Center Bundy Crossing Butterfly Corners Cains Corners Carley Mills Carterville Catfish Caughdenoy Clifford Cribbs Corners Cummings Bridge Demster Demster Beach Dexterville Doris Park Drakes Corner Dugway Dutcherville East Amboy East Boylston East Palermo Fairdale Farley Corners Fruit Valley Furmiss Gayville Gilbert Mills Graftons Square Greenboro Hannibal Center Happy Valley Hastings Center Hinmansville Howardville Ingalls Crossing Kasoag Little France Loomis Corner Lycoming Mallory Mallory Station Maple Hill McMahon Corners Morse Mosher Corners Mud Hill Mungers Corners New Scriba Nicholsville North Amboy North Boylston North Constantia North Church Corner North Hannibal North Scriba North Shores North Volney Oswego Beach Oswego Center Panther Lake Peacock Corners Peat Corners Pennellville Pineville Plantz Corners Pleasant Point Crossing Prattham Red Mill Ricard Roosevelt Corners Russ Mills Sala Sandy Pond Shephard Corners Smartville South Hannibal South New Haven South Scriba Stewart Corners Texas The Elms Toad Harbor Upson Corner Vermillion Vorea Vorhees Corners West Amboy Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 43°31′59″N 75°49′18″W / 43.53306°N 75.82167°W / 43.53306; -75.82167