Gainesville, New York

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'''Gainesville''' is an incorporated [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|town]] in [[Wyoming County, New York|Wyoming County]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. The population was 2,333 at the 2000 census. The town is named after General [[Edmund P. Gaines]].

The '''Town of Gainesville''' is on the eastern border of the county. [[Gainesville (village), New York|Gainesville]] is also the name of a village in the town.

==History== The Town of Gainesville was established in 1814 from part of the [[Warsaw (town), New York|Town of Warsaw]]. The original name was "Hebe." The Town of Gainesville is the birthplace of [[David Starr Jordan]], the first president of Stanford University; as well as Ella Hawley Crossett, prominent activist in the women's suffrage movement.<ref name="Woman's Who's Who of America">{{cite book | title = Woman's Who's Who of America, 1914-1915 | url = https://archive.org/details/womanswhoswhoam00leongoog | publisher = The American Commonwealth Co. | location = New York | year = 1914}}</ref>

==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 35.7 square miles (92.5 km2), of which 35.6 square miles (92.2 km2) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.3 km2) (0.31%) is water.

This rural area has traditionally been one of dairy farms and forests. The soils are deep and fertile, though somewhat rolling and rocky, as they were left by the last continental ice sheet.

==Demographics== {{US Census population |align=left |1830= 1820 |1840= 2367 |1850= 1760 |1860= 1732 |1870= 1612 |1880= 1787 |1890= 2166 |1900= 2325 |1910= 2690 |1920= 2276 |1930= 2074 |1940= 1923 |1950= 2121 |1960= 2032 |1970= 2177 |1980= 2133 |1990= 2288 |2000= 2333 |2010= 2182 |estyear=2016 |estimate=2118 |estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}</ref> {{decrease}} |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>{{cbignore}} }}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 2,333 people, 873 households, and 644 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|65.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 945 housing units at an average density of {{convert|26.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 98.46% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.13% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.30% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.21% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.17% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.13% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.60% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.81% of the population.

There were 873 households, out of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.2% were non-families. 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.3% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $37,188, and the median income for a family was $40,833. Males had a median income of $32,262 versus $22,016 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $15,139. About 5.2% of families and 8.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.3% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Communities and locations in the Town of Gainesville== *'''[[Gainesville (village), New York|Gainesville]]''' – The Village of Gainesville. *'''Gainesville Center''' – A location west of Gainesville village on Route 78. *'''Hardy's''' – A location in the southwest corner of the town. *'''Newburg''' – A [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] on Route 19 near the northern town line. *'''North Gainesville''' – A location west of Newburg. *'''Rock Glen''' – A hamlet on Route 19 near the northern town line. *'''[[Silver Springs, New York|Silver Springs]]''' – The Village of Silver Springs.

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==External links== * [http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycgaine/History.htm Historical note on the Town of Gainesville]

[[Category:Towns in Wyoming County, New York]] [[Category:Towns in New York (state)]]