Auburn (New York)

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Auburn
The Auburn City Hall
The Auburn City Hall
Location in New York
Auburn (New York)
Auburn
Auburn
Basic data
Foundation : around 1790
April 18, 1815 (as Village)
March 28, 1823 (as Town)
March 21, 1848 (as City)
State : United States
State : new York
County : Cayuga County
Coordinates : 42 ° 56 ′  N , 76 ° 34 ′  W 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
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.

climate

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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: www.weatherbase.com
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Auburn, New York
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Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 0.1 0.3 5.2 12.4 19.3 24.5 27.2 26.3 22.5 16.1 8.8 1.9 O 13.8
Min. Temperature (° C) -8.3 -8.9 -4.3 1.7 7.5 13.2 16.5 15.6 11.9 6.0 0.7 -5.4 O 3.9
Precipitation ( mm ) 61 58 71 74 79 88 96 78 81 82 74 71 Σ 913
Rainy days ( d ) 16 14th 14th 13 12 11 11 10 10 12 13 15th Σ 151
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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

Census Results - City of Auburn, New York
year 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890
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 Phoenix Building from 1905

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

People who worked on site

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

Commons : Auburn, New York  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Welcome to the Office of the Mayor. In: auburnny.gov , accessed April 4, 2020.
  2. ↑ Auburn in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed January 1, 2018
  3. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
  4. ↑ Official data of the United States Board on Geographic Names
  5. ↑ a b c d e climate data and statistical information on the city at www.City-Data.com (English)
  6. ↑ Population 1820–2010 according to census results
  7. ↑ 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.