Esperance is a

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, New York, United States. The population was 345 at the 2010 census. The village was given the French name for "hope." The Village of Esperance is in eastern part of the Town of Esperance. The village is west of

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History

The village was settled ''circa'' 1793, based on an original land grant, the Ten Eyck Patent of 1769. The village was incorporated in 1818 and a fire department was authorized to be formed. The village is the oldest incorporated village in the County. When the town of Esperance was formed in 1846, it thereupon took the name of the village.

Geography

Esperance is located at (42.762271, -74.259361). According to the

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, the village has a total area of 0.5 square mile (1.4 km²), of which 0.5 square mile (1.3 km²) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km²) (5.66%) is water. The village is adjacent to the Schoharie Creek and is located on

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at the junction of County Roads 28 and 44.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 380 people, 149 households, and 106 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 158 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 96.84%

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, 1.58%

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, 1.05%

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, and 0.53% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.26% of the population. There were 149 households, out of which 34.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.4% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.00. In the village, the population was spread out, with 24.5% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males. The median income for a household in the village was $46,875, and the median income for a family was $49,375. Males had a median income of $37,000 versus $26,042 for females. The

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for the village was $17,985. About 3.7% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the

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, including 2.1% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over.

Points of interest

* George Landis Arboretum, located north of the village.

References

External links

Village of Esperance, NY

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