Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York
Cornwall-on-Hudson | ||
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FIPS code 36-18333 | | |
| Website | cornwall-on-hudson | |
Cornwall-on-Hudson is a riverfront
History
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The village was part of the
Historic places
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The Amelia Barr House, also known as "Cherry Croft", is located on Mountain Road in Cornwall-on-Hudson, on the slopes of Storm King Mountain. Barr, an American writer born in the 19th century, lived here during the most prolific and successful period of her career. In 1982 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km2), of which 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (5.31%) is water. The zip code is 12520. Located just 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City, the village borders the western shore of the Hudson River. It is one of the most affluent communities in the Orange County area. While the village is primarily residential, it has a small commercial center and many riverfront homes adjacent to Donahue Memorial Park, formerly known as Cornwall Landing.
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1890 | 760 | — | |
| 1900 | 1,966 | 158.7% | |
| 1910 | 2,658 | 35.2% | |
| 1920 | 1,755 | −34.0% | |
| 1930 | 1,910 | 8.8% | |
| 1940 | 1,978 | 3.6% | |
| 1950 | 2,211 | 11.8% | |
| 1960 | 2,785 | 26.0% | |
| 1970 | 3,131 | 12.4% | |
| 1980 | 3,164 | 1.1% | |
| 1990 | 3,093 | −2.2% | |
| 2000 | 3,058 | −1.1% | |
| 2010 | 3,018 | −1.3% | |
| 2020 | 3,075 | 1.9% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[3] | |||
As of the census
There were 1,181 households, out of which 34.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.2% were non-families. 25.8% 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 2.58 and the average family size was 3.14.
In the village, the population was distributed with 27.0% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.5 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $75,300, and the median income for a family was $88,000. Males had a median income of $55,000 versus $37,857 for females. The per capita income for the village was $31,272. About 2.6% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.8% of those under age 18 and 3.5% of those age 65 or over.
Schools
- Cornwall-on-Hudson Elementary School
- Cornwall Central Middle Schoolis the former Cornwall High School, located in the Town of Cornwall.
- Cornwall Central High School is located in the Town of Cornwall.
- Cornwall Elementary School at Lee Road is located in the Town of Cornwall.
- Willow Avenue Elementary School is located in the Town of Cornwall.
- New York Military Academy (NYMA, private, boarding) is located in the Town of Cornwall, and uses the mailing address of Cornwall-on-Hudson despite being just outside its official boundary.[5]
- Storm King School (private, boarding)
Notable people
- Djuna Barnes (1892–1982), writer in Greenwich Village and Paris
- Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919), British novelist
- Lawrence DeSmedt (1949–2004), known as Indian Larry, custom motorcycle builder and stuntman
- Malcolm Fraser (1903–1994), founder of Genuine Parts Company and Stuttering Foundation of America
- Abram P. Haring (1840–1915), American Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor[6]
- William Frederick Hoppe (1887–1959), known as Willie Hoppe, professional carom billiards champion[7]
- Albrecht Pagenstecher (1839–1926), a German-American pioneer of the modern paper industry[8]
- David Petraeus (born 1952), U.S. Army general, born and raised in Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Edward Payson Roe (1838–1888), novelist
- Robert T. Sauer (born 1948), biochemist, raised on Mountain Road, student at Cornwall Central High School
- Whit Stillman (born 1952), Oscar-nominated filmmaker
- Harriet Josephine Terry (1885–1967), African-American educator and one of the founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority
- Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849–1921), artist who rented Cherry Croft before Amelia Barr
- Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867), magazine writer, editor, and poet[9]
- Peggy Hull (1889–1967), first accredited female war correspondent
References
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ Ruttenber, Edw. Manning, comp; Clark, Lewis, H. History of Orange County, Philadelphia, Everts & Peck (1881).
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Randall, Michael (May 14, 2010). "Village might annex NYMA". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- ^ "Abram P. Haring". Archived from the original on August 5, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
- ^ Willie Hoppe in Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ "The Pagenstecher Family: From Rags To Riches". Archived from the original on October 5, 2011.
- ISBN 0-19-503186-5
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