![]() ![]() The per capita income for the town was $16,394. Males had a median income of $30,938 versus $22,989 for females. The median income for a household in the town was $34,968, and the median income for a family was $41,042. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.2 males. For every 100 females there were 99.8 males. In the town, the population was spread out with 28.1% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.12. 22.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 745 households out of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.1% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.15% of the population. The racial makeup of the town was 98.26% White, 0.36% Black or African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.41% Asian, and 0.82% from two or more races. There were 991 housing units at an average density of 28.0 per square mile (10.8/km²). The population density was 55.3 people per square mile (21.4/km²). DemographicsĪs of the census of 2000, there were 1,958 people, 745 households, and 517 families residing in the town. Remsen is at the border of the Adirondack Park. It is currently widely considered a town without much wealth and most local businesses have closed. It was hit hard by the closing of factories and a large military base, Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, NY in the early 1990s. There were also many factory-type jobs to be found in nearby Utica, NY. During the 1970s and 1980s, there were still strong industries such as farming. Remsen was at one time a commercial hub, during the railroad years. The Black River, widened into Kayuta Lake by a dam, defines the north part of the town. The east town line is the border of Herkimer County. ![]() GeographyĪccording to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.9 square miles (95.5 km²), of which, 35.4 square miles (91.7 km²) of it is land and 1.5 square miles (3.9 km²) of it (4.04%) is water. In 1869, part of Remsen was used to form the new Town of Forestport. ![]() The Town of Remsen was formed in 1798 from part of the Town of Norway in Herkimer County, New York when Oneida County was formed. In September 1795 five families from Wales settled in the vicinity, marking the beginning of a substantial Welsh presence in the area. The town was first settled around 1792, when Barnabas Mitchell of Meriden, Connecticut settled in the area and began clearing a farm which was subsequently owned by his son Milo, and became known as the 'Milo Mitchell place.' Soon afterwards, Mitchell was joined by Nathaniel Rockwood, John Bonner, Perez Farr, Bettis Le Clerc, Jonah Dayton, John Kent and Shubael Cross, all of whom came from New England to settle in Remsen. & Co., was the descendant of some of the earliest Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam. Remsen, a New York City merchant and owner of Henry Remsen Jr. Remsen was named for Henry Remsen II, the original proprietor of the township and the inheritor of the Remsenburgh patent, which embraced some 48,000 acres (190 km 2) in Oneida and Herkimer counties and was granted in 1766 (later regranted by the Legislature in 1787) to Remsen and four other New York merchants. ![]()
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