Auburn (New York)
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The Auburn City Hall |
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Foundation : | around 1790 April 18, 1815 (as Village) March 28, 1823 (as Town) March 21, 1848 (as City) |
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State : | United States | |
State : | new York | |
County : | Cayuga County | |
Coordinates : | 42 ° 56 ′ N , 76 ° 34 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | |
Residents : | 27,687 (as of 2010) | |
Population density : | 1,281.8 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 21.8 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of which 21.6 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) is land |
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Height : | 199 m | |
Postcodes : | 13021, 13022, 13024 | |
Area code : | +1 315 | |
FIPS : | 36-03078 | |
GNIS ID : | 978695 | |
Website : | www.auburnny.gov | |
Mayor : | Michael D. Quill |
Auburn is a town in Cayuga County of the State of New York in the United States with 27,687 inhabitants (according to census 2010).
geography
Geographical location
The urban area is located in a terminal moraine area south of Lake Ontario and a little north of Owasco Lake , whose outlet, the Owasco River or Owasco Outlet , crosses the urban area from southeast to west.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- Northeast: Throop , 3.7 mi
- South-east: Owasco , 8.3 km
- Southwest: Fleming , 1.2 mi
- West: Aurelius , 7 miles
- Northwest: Sennett , 3.5 mi
climate
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Auburn, New York
Source: www.weatherbase.com
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The mean average temperature in Auburn is between 0.1 ° C in January and 27.2 ° C in July. The mean annual temperature is 13.7 ° C. The average annual snowfall between October and May is 214.6 cm, with a peak of 54.9 cm in January. The daily sunshine duration is below the average in the USA, especially in the winter months.
history
The settlement of the present city began around 1790 with the construction of a farm by a Colonel from the War of Independence , John L. Hardenbergh, after whom the region was initially called Hardenbergh's Corners . In 1796, Auburn was a stopover on a state road between Whitestown and Geneva , which was used for the rapid settlement of the west. As a result, the importance of the settlement grew rapidly and in 1805 was appointed the county seat of the surrounding town, Aurelius , and at the same time renamed Auburn . On April 18, 1815, the settlement was officially named a village . In 1816, the state's main prison , the Auburn Correctional Facility, was built here . The first 53 prisoners moved into it in 1817, and a further 87 prisoners followed in 1818.
On March 28, 1823, the spin-off from Aurelius and the elevation to an independent town followed; after further population growth, Auburn was raised to City on March 21, 1848.
The Erie Canal , opened in 1825, passed the city only a few kilometers, but it was connected by a branch canal. This encouraged the shipping of local products; at that time mainly grain. It was made into flour in and around Auburn and shipped that way. The construction of various railroad lines between 1840 and 1870, which connected Auburn with the east coast of the USA, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and a coal region in Pennsylvania, increased the importance of the city as a regional trading center. During the American Civil War , between 1861 and 1864, Auburn was used as a recruiting center for infantry and cavalry regiments from the wide area.
Due to its mainly regional agricultural structure, neither the Great Depression from 1929 nor the Second World War had any significant impact on the city. Only in the 1960s began a steady emigration of residents to the large centers on the east coast and on Lake Erie, which continues to this day.
Population development
year | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 |
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Residents | - | - | 2,333 | 4,486 | 5,626 | 9,548 | 10,986 | 17,225 | 21,924 | 25,858 |
year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 |
Residents | 30,345 | 34,668 | 36.192 | 36,652 | 35,753 | 36,722 | 35,249 | 34,599 | 32,548 | 31,258 |
year | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 |
Residents | 28,547 | 27,687 |
Economy and Infrastructure
The most important areas in which people are employed are craft and retail (around 15% each, as of 2015). After a maximum of 9.4% in 2009 (height of the real estate crisis), unemployment fell continuously to an annual mean of 6.1% in 2015 and thus to a level of around one percent above the annual mean before the burst Real estate bubble.
traffic
Auburn is connected to the US expressway system by US Highway 20 , which crosses the city from east to west. The north-south connection is via the New York State Route 34 and 38.
As a local airport, Murphy Field Airport offers a runway.
Rail freight transport is offered by the Finger Lakes Railway .
media
A daily newspaper, The Citizen , has been published in the city since 1816 , with a circulation of 10,000 to 12,000 copies as of 2018. The newspaper had different names at the time it was published, but has been known by its current name for several decades.
Public facilities
In Auburn there are several, mostly privately operated, hospitals and care facilities that cover the needs of the surrounding area. The Auburn Memorial Hospital has a landing pad for rescue helicopters.
The Seymore Public Library offers around 78,000 volumes for public loan.
education
In terms of educational institutions, Auburn offers public and private schools and high schools that cover the entire class spectrum from kindergarten to high school . The Cayuga Community College offers approximately 3,000 students advanced training; for visiting universities, students have to avoid centers like Buffalo or Rochester .
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Annie Taylor (1838–1921) was the first person to sail Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel
- James Jebusa Shannon (1862-1923), painter
- Harry Elmer Barnes (1889–1968), sociologist and cultural historian
- Earl Conrad (1912–1986), writer and journalist
- Avery Dulles (1918-2008), Roman Catholic theologian, cardinal
- L. David Mech (born January 18, 1937), behavioral scientist
- John Walsh (born December 26, 1945), television presenter
- Joey DeMaio (born March 6, 1954), bassist and front man of the true metal band Manowar
- Eric Adams (born July 12, 1954), singer in the true metal band Manowar
- Marco Corleone (born June 26, 1977), actually Mark Jindrak , wrestler
- JD Forrest (born April 15, 1981), ice hockey player
- Jeremy Morin (born April 16, 1991), ice hockey player
People who worked on site
- William H. Seward (1801–1872) arranged the US purchase of Alaska
- Harriet Tubman (approx. 1820–1913), opponent of slavery
literature
- Franklin Benjamin Hough: Gazetteer of the State of New York . tape 1 . A. Boyd, Albany, NY 1873, pp. 194 f . ( archive.org [PDF; 58.3 MB ; accessed on January 1, 2016]).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Welcome to the Office of the Mayor. In: auburnny.gov , accessed April 4, 2020.
- ↑ Auburn in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed January 1, 2018
- ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
- ↑ Official data of the United States Board on Geographic Names
- ↑ a b c d e climate data and statistical information on the city at www.City-Data.com (English)
- ↑ Population 1820–2010 according to census results
- ↑ Imprint and media data on the newspaper's website; Due to legal reservations, the website is currently (as of August 2018) cannot be accessed from within the EU.