Avon (village), New York
Avon, New York | ||
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FIPS code 36-03353 | | |
GNIS feature ID | 0942736 | |
Website | avon-ny |
Avon is a
History
Avon was founded by European Americans along the
The Seneca village was located on the east side of the Genesee River, "about a mile above the ford".[5] Ga:non'wagês was an important village to the Seneca during the eighteenth century. Their religious leader Handsome Lake was born here about 1735. One of his nephews, later known as Governor Blacksnake, moved here with his family shortly after his birth. He was an important war chief who allied with the British during the Revolutionary War; later he became one of the first Native Americans to publish his memoirs, aided by a fellow Seneca who translated them into English.[3] An edited version of this memoir was published in 2005, with explanations of material about his people.[3] The leader Cornplanter, a maternal uncle of Chainbreaker, was born in this village around 1750.
European-American (white) settlers did not reach any number until about 1785, after the Americans had gained independence in the Revolutionary War and forced the Iroquois nations who had been allied with the British to cede their lands in the region. Many of these new settlers were from New England and eastern New York. They organized the town in 1789 as "Hartford", and changed the name in 1808 to "Avon".[6]
In the early 19th century, the village was noted as a spa and resort destination because of its nearby
The Aaron Barber Memorial Building, Avon Inn, First Methodist Episcopal Church of Avon, Hall's Opera Block, and J. Francis Kellogg House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[7]
Geography
Avon is located at 42°54′37″N 77°44′51″W / 42.91028°N 77.74750°W (42.91029, -77.747687).[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.1 km2), all land.[9] The Genesee River forms the western boundary of the village. Avon is in the north part of Livingston County, near the border of Monroe County.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1840 | 600 | — | |
1850 | 500 | −16.7% | |
1860 | 879 | 75.8% | |
1870 | 900 | 2.4% | |
1880 | 1,617 | 79.7% | |
1890 | 1,653 | 2.2% | |
1900 | 1,601 | −3.1% | |
1910 | 2,053 | 28.2% | |
1920 | 2,585 | 25.9% | |
1930 | 2,403 | −7.0% | |
1940 | 2,339 | −2.7% | |
1950 | 2,412 | 3.1% | |
1960 | 2,772 | 14.9% | |
1970 | 3,260 | 17.6% | |
1980 | 3,006 | −7.8% | |
1990 | 2,995 | −0.4% | |
2000 | 2,977 | −0.6% | |
2010 | 3,394 | 14.0% | |
2020 | 3,399 | 0.1% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[10] |
As of the
There were 1,151 households, out of which 34.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.2% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.9% were non-families. 30.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.20.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 27.8% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.4 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $40,109, and the median income for a family was $53,105. Males had a median income of $40,156 versus $27,470 for females. The
References
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Avon village, New York". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
- ^ ISBN 080326450X.
- ^ "Glossary of Seneca Words". Internet Sacred Text Archive.
- ^ Doty, Lockwood Lyon (January 1, 1876). A History of Livingston County, New York: From Its Earliest Traditions, to Its Part in the War for Our Union : with an Account of the Seneca Nation of Indians, and Biographical Sketches of Earliest Settlers and Prominent Public Men. Edward L. Doty.
- ^ "Home". avonhistorical.org.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: New York". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
External links
- Town and Village of Avon official website
- Blacksnake, Governor (2005). Thomas S. Abler (ed.). Chainbreaker: The Revolutionary War Memoirs of Governor Blacksnake as Told to Benjamin Williams. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 080326450X., partial preview available online