Nanuet, New York

Coordinates: 41°5′43″N 74°0′56″W / 41.09528°N 74.01556°W / 41.09528; -74.01556
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Nanuet, New York
FIPS code
36-49407
GNIS feature ID0958250

Nanuet is a

2010 census.[2]

The opening of the

Nanuet Mall and local shopping centers.[4]

In 2011,

CNN Money ranked Nanuet 76 on its annual 100 Best Places to Live list,[5] citing its relatively inexpensive housing and the recreation and shopping opportunities in the area. Nanuet was also ranked 24th on CNN Money's annual 100 Best Places to Live list in 2007.[6]

History

Nanuet Railroad Station

The first name of the place was Clarkstown, a name it retained until 1856 when, at the suggestion of James De Clark, the present name was given by

Munsee Chief (Nannawitt).[7] Chief Nannawitt sold lands in North Jersey, signed the Wawayanda Patent and witnessed the Cheesecock Patent.[8]

The Erie Railroad arrived in Rockland County in 1841 along its original main line to Piermont. The New Jersey and New York Railroad, the predecessor of the Pascack Valley Line, reached Nanuet in 1869.[9]

Geography

Downtown intersection

Nanuet is located at 41°5′43″N 74°0′56″W / 41.09528°N 74.01556°W / 41.09528; -74.01556 (41.095296, -74.015622).[10]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.4 square miles (14 km2), all land.

The

glaciation of the last ice age, and as such the soil is extremely rocky and the surface shows glacial erratic boulders. The glacial ice scraped off and carried with it rocks and minerals from as far north as Canada, depositing them in Nanuet in particular and southern New York in general. This is the hypothesized source of the manganese-rich parvo-mangano-edenite minerals, as well as the placer ore for gold panning within Nauraushaun Brook. There are fossil impressions of huge Precambrian Era jellyfish in the wooded, undeveloped regions. One prominent surface feature, a Hopewell Indian burial mound dating to 325 AD, is located near Nauraushaun Brook at the western edge of the Manhattan Woods Golf Club in West Nyack
. Aerial views of this feature reveal it to have been built in the shape of a snake.

Lake Nanuet Park is a pool which is designed to look like a naturally occurring lake. The park which surrounds it offers residents a summer pool and recreational baseball/softball fields. Recent massive flooding and subsequent contamination closed the park for swimming until 2011.

Climate data for Nanuet, NY
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 38
(3) 		42
(6) 		51
(11) 		62
(17) 		72
(22) 		81
(27) 		85
(29) 		83
(28) 		76
(24) 		65
(18) 		54
(12) 		43
(6) 		63
(17)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 22
(−6) 		24
(−4) 		30
(−1) 		39
(4) 		49
(9) 		58
(14) 		63
(17) 		62
(17) 		55
(13) 		44
(7) 		36
(2) 		27
(−3) 		42
(6)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 3.81
(97) 		3.33
(85) 		4.50
(114) 		4.54
(115) 		4.43
(113) 		4.36
(111) 		4.66
(118) 		4.47
(114) 		4.81
(122) 		4.57
(116) 		4.24
(108) 		4.38
(111) 		52.1
(1,324)
Source: [11]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
202018,886—
U.S. Decennial Census[12]

As of the

Latino
of any race were 8.16% of the population.

There were 5,975 households, out of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. Of all households, 23.5% were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.23.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 23.7% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.0 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $71,178, and the median income for a family was $81,205. Males had a median income of $50,713 versus $38,658 for females. The

poverty line
, including 7.4% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Blue Ribbon

The Rockland County is home to several

U.S. Department of Education. In 2016, Nanuet Senior High School
was named a National Blue Ribbon winner.

Landmarks and places of interest

The Shops at Nanuet sign

In popular culture

"Revival of Melee 5", a Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament held in Nanuet on November 17–18, 2012, has garnered controversy in the Super Smash Bros. community. In the winners' semifinals match between players Mew2King and Unknown522, an unusual rule meant that game 5 of their best-of-five series had to be replayed. This resulted in Mew2King, who won the original game 5, losing the replay.[15]

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Nanuet CDP, New York". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  3. ^ Anderson, Steve. "New York State Thruway". NYCRoads. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
  4. ^ "If You're Thinking of Living In / Nanuet, N.Y.; Growth Quickens In Rockland Hamlet". The New York Times. February 28, 1999.
  5. ^ "Best Places to Live 2011". CNN.
  6. ^ Ashford, Kate; Bartz, Andrea; Cox, Jeff; Fitch, Asa; Gandel, Stephen; Hyatt, Josh; Kelley, Rob; Knight, Kathleen; et al. "24. Nanuet, N.Y". CNN. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013.
  7. ^ Frank Bertangue Green (1886). A.S. Barnes (ed.). The History of Rockland County. p. 422.
  8. ^ David G. Orr; Douglas V. Campana, eds. (1991). The people of the Minisink: Papers from the 1989 Delaware Gap Symposium. National Park Service, Mid-Atlantic Region. p. 215.
  9. ISBN 0-941652-14-9
  10. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  11. ^ "Monthly Averages for Nanuet, NY (10954)". Weather.com. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  12. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  13. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  14. ^ Outdoor Education Center
  15. ^ Revival of Melee 5 Controversy

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