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Country
  
United States

County
  
FIPS code
  
36-76496

Elevation
  
254 m

Local time
  
Sunday 6:48 PM

State
  
New York

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
0979574

Population
  
2,546 (2000)

Urbana, New York

Weather
  
13°C, Wind NW at 14 km/h, 45% Humidity

Area
  
114.2 km² (106.4 km² Land / 7.77 km² Water)

Urbana is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 2,546 at the 2000 census.

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Map of Urbana, NY 14840, USA

The Town of Urbana is in the northeast part of the county and northeast of Bath, New York.

History

The town was first settled around 1793. The town was formed from part of the Town of Bath in 1822. The first grape vines were planted around 1829, beginning the modern prominence of the wine industry.

The town and its village, Hammondsport, is one of the cradles of aviation, due to the inventions of Glenn Curtiss.

The Timothy M. Younglove Octagon House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 44.2 square miles (114 km2), of which, 41.1 square miles (106 km2) of it is land and 3.0 square miles (7.8 km2) of it (6.86%) is water.

The town is at the south end of Keuka Lake, one of the Finger Lakes.

New York State Route 54A rejoins New York State Route 54 near Hammondsport.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,546 people, 1,028 households, and 688 families residing in the town. The population density was 61.9 people per square mile (23.9/km²). There were 1,434 housing units at an average density of 34.9 per square mile (13.5/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.53% White, 0.75% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.55% Asian, 0.16% from other races, and 0.86% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.35% of the population.

There were 1,028 households out of which 26.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.9% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.0% were non-families. 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the town, the population was spread out with 21.8% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 28.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $39,184, and the median income for a family was $43,309. Males had a median income of $32,500 versus $26,528 for females. The per capita income for the town was $19,584. About 8.0% of families and 9.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.

Communities and locations in the Town of Urbana

  • Cold Springs – A hamlet in the south part of the town, southwest of Hermitage.
  • Glen Grove – A hamlet on the shore of Keuka Lake, south of Urbana Hamlet on NY-54A.
  • Hammondsport – The Village of Hammondsport is at the south end of Keuka Lake, located on NY-54A north of its junction with NY-54.
  • Hermitage – A hamlet in the southwest part of the town.
  • Mitchellsville – A hamlet at the west town line on County Road 13.
  • North Urbana – A hamlet on the east town line.
  • Pleasant Valley – A hamlet south of Rheims, located on County Road 88.
  • Rheims – A hamlet west of Hammondsport. The Pleasant Valley Wine Company was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
  • Urbana – The hamlet of Urbana is in the northeast part of the town on the shore of Keuka Lake and NY-54A. The Timothy M. Younglove Octagon House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
  • References

    Urbana, New York Wikipedia


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