Boonville is a

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Oneida County, New York Oneida County is a county in the state of New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 232,125. The county seat is Utica. The name is in honor of the Oneida, one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois League or ''Haudenos ...

, United States. The town is in the northeastern section of the county. The population was 4,555 at the 2010

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. The town includes a

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, also called Boonville. The town and village are named after

Gerrit Boon Gerrit Boon (May 15, 1768 in Delft – December 2, 1821 in Gouda) was the son of a Lutheran minister Johan Michiel Boon. His father studied in Helmstedt and moved in 1752 from Amersfoort to Delft and in 1774 to Rotterdam. Gerrit Boon becam ...

, an agent of the

Holland Land Company The Holland Land Company was an unincorporated syndicate of thirteen Dutch investors from Amsterdam who in 1792 and 1793 purchased the western two-thirds of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase, an area that afterward was known as the Holland Purchas ...

. The current mayor is Judith Dellerba.

History

The town was first settled ''circa'' 1795. The Town of Boonville was created in 1805 from the Town of Leyden.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of 72.6 square miles (188.0 km²), of which 71.9 square miles (186.2 km²) is land and 0.7 square mile (1.8 km²) (0.95%) is water. The northern town line is the border of Lewis County, and the eastern town boundary is the Black River.

Demographics

As of the

of 2000, there were 4,572 people, 1,781 households, and 1,209 families residing in the town. The

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was 63.6 people per square mile (24.5/km²). There were 2,138 housing units at an average density of 29.7 per square mile (11.5/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 99.21%

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, 0.07%

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, 0.15% Native American, 0.13%

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, 0.02%

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, and 0.42% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.17% of the population. There were 1,781 households, of which 31.3% had children under 18 living with them, 53.7% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.1% were non-families. 26.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.9% had someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size 2.98. In the town, the population was 24.5% under 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% age 65 or older. The median age was 39. For every 100 females, there were 95.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.5 males. The median income for a household was $36,744, and the median for a family $40,845. Males had a median income of $30,992 versus $21,362 for females. The

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for the town was $16,704. About 8.2% of families and 11.0% of the population were below the

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, including 13.1% of those under 18 and 9.9% of those 65 or over.

Recreation

Boonville is a

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tourist destination and has revitalized the Snow Festivals. Consequently, it has accepted the nickname "The Snow Capital of the East." In 2008 more than 6,000 people traveled to the Oneida County Fairgrounds in Boonville to watch vintage and professional snowmobile races on a half-mile oval ice track. In 2013 over 44,000 people visited the fairgrounds to attend the annual Woodsmen's Field Days, setting a record for attendance. The fairgrounds in Boonville are also home of Oneida County Fair and the Woodsman Field Days. The former

Black River Canal The Black River Canal was a canal built in northern New York in the United States to connect the Erie Canal to the Black River. The canal had 109 locks along its length. Remains of several of the canal's former locks are visible along New York ...

was constructed to connect to the

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Communities and locations in the Town of Boonville

*Alder Creek - A

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at the junction of state routes 12 and 28. *Alder Creek Station - A location in the southeastern part of the town, west of Alder Creek. * Boonville - The Village of Boonville is on NY 12 at 12D. *

Hawkinsville Hawkinsville is a city in and the county seat of Pulaski County, Georgia, Pulaski County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. The population was 4,589 at the 2010 census. Hawkinsville is known as the "Harness Horse Capital" of Georgia. ...

- A hamlet east of Boonville village, near the Black River. *Hurlbutville - A hamlet in the southwestern part of the town. * Jackson Hill - An elevation located south of Boonville. * Park Hill - An elevation located east of Boonville. *

Pixley Falls Pixley Falls is a waterfall located on Lansing Kill south of Boonville, New York Boonville is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The town is in the northeastern section of the county. The population was 4,555 at the 2010 census ...

- A waterfall located within Pixley Falls State Park. *

Pixley Falls State Park Pixley Falls State Park is a New York state park in the town of Boonville in Oneida County, New York, United States. It is on New York State Route 46, north of Rome and southwest of Boonville, near the community of Hurlbutville. Faciliti ...

- Located on NY 46 several miles south of the Village of Boonville and adjacent to Hurlbutville. * Potato Hill - An elevation located southeast of Boonville. * Sperry Hill - An elevation located east of Boonville.

Climate

This

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region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the

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system, Boonville has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.Climate Summary for Boonville, New York
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References

External links

Boonville Area Chamber of Commerce

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