Batavia (Town, New York)
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Location in New York
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1802 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | new York | ||
| County : | Genesee County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 0 ′ N , 78 ° 13 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 6,809 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 54.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 125.37 km 2 (approx. 48 mi 2 ) of which 124.80 km 2 (approx. 48 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 266 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 14016, 14017, 14018, 14019, 14020, 14021 | ||
| Area code : | +1 585 | ||
| FIPS : | 36-04726 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0978714 | ||
| Mayor : | Gregory H. Post | ||
Batavia is a town in Genesee County in the US state of New York in the United States of America . The local area completely encloses the City of Batavia , which, however , is organized as a separate administrative unit .
geography
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1820 | 2597 | - | |
| 1830 | 4271 | 64.5% | |
| 1840 | 4219 | -1.2% | |
| 1850 | 4461 | 5.7% | |
| 1860 | 5876 | 31.7% | |
| 1870 | 6485 | 10.4% | |
| 1880 | 7516 | 15.9% | |
| 1890 | 9341 | 24.3% | |
| 1900 | 11,430 | 22.4% | |
| 1910 | 13,830 | 21% | |
| 1920 | 1752 | -87.3% | |
| 1930 | 2248 | 28.3% | |
| 1940 | 2261 | 0.6% | |
| 1950 | 2824 | 24.9% | |
| 1960 | 4325 | 53.2% | |
| 1970 | 5440 | 25.8% | |
| 1980 | 5565 | 2.3% | |
| 1990 | 6055 | 8.8% | |
| 2000 | 5915 | -2.3% | |
| 2010 | 6809 | 15.1% | |
| 2018 estimate | 6898 | 1.3% | |
| 1915: Outsourcing of the place Batavia (City) | |||
Town and City Batavia are, like the whole of Genesee County, in a landscape characterized by glaciers and the Lake Tonawanda meltwater lake of the last glacial period ( Wisconsin Glaciation ). The local area is therefore largely flat; the bottom sandy. The largest watercourse is the Tonawanda Creek , which comes from the south into the city of Batavia and from there flows west to the Niagara River , about 55 km away .
The town of Batavia is about halfway between Buffalo at the northeastern end of Lake Erie and Rochester .
There are no villages and census-designated places in the area of the town . The largest contiguous settlements are the hamlets of Bushville, Five Corners and West Batavia. Batavia is an enclave in the eastern half of the town.
The neighboring towns are Oakfield and Elba in the north, Stafford in the east, Alexander and Bethany in the south and Pembroke in the west. All neighboring towns are also in Genesee County.
history
From 1793 the Holland Land Company sold almost all of the land west of the Genesee River in New York State to European settlers. After this region initially belonged to Ontario County , in 1802 the entire area taken over by the Holland Land Company was combined in the new Genesee County. A further nine counties were split off from the area of this county in the following 40 years. The county seat of Genesee County was Batavia, first mentioned in 1798 .
At the same time, a town Batavia was founded as a further administrative level in 1802 , including the town of Batavia. From April 23, 1823, this was legally managed as a village . In 1915, the federal state granted the town of Batavia city rights and administrative independence from the town of the same name.
The area of the town of Batavia was reduced several times by splitting off other towns: in 1812 with the elevation of the towns of Alexander, Bethany and Pembroke and in 1820 when the towns of Elba and Stafford were founded.
In 1972, the main campus of the Genesee Community College , founded in 1966, was opened on the area of the town northeast of Batavia . Around 5,500 students complete a two-year training course there.
Infrastructure
The highway Interstate 90 leading north of the town of Batavia in the East-West direction by the Town Batavia and is part of the New York State Thruway .
A railway line originally built by the Tonawanda Railroad , adapted many times by the New York Central Railroad and operated by CSX Transportation since 1999 also runs through the town in an east-west direction. The Depew, Lancaster and Western Railroad operates short routes in and near the city of Batavia.
The General Aviation Airport Genesee County Airport (GVQ) is located north of Batavia .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Batavia town, New York. In: 2010 Census. United States Census Bureau , 2010, accessed December 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Batavia town, New York. United States Census Bureau , accessed December 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Barbara Ann Toal: Batavia (Images of America) . Arcadia Publishing, 2000, ISBN 978-1-4396-1057-2 , pp. 17 : "In 1798, ... were recorded inhabitants of the village of Batavia"
- ^ Laws of the State of New York: Passed at the fifty-ninth Session of the Legislature . E. Croswell, Printer to the State, Albany, New York 1836, pp. 168 : "An act to incorporate the village of Batavia in the county of Genesee, passed April 23, 1823"
- ^ New York Legislative Documents, Volume 8 . JB Lyon Company, 1954: "In 1915 Batavia became a city"
- ↑ Fast Facts. Genesee Community College, 2018, accessed December 26, 2019 .