Holland Patent, New York
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Holland Patent is a
village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
in
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 population was 458 at the 2010 census. The village is named after a land grant. The Village of Holland Patent is in the western part of the Town of Trenton at the junction of Routes 274, 291, and 365.


History

In 1797, the Village of Holland Patent was established by Gerrit Boon, 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 ...
to help develop and sell land that had been purchased as investments. The Holland Patent Stone Churches Historic District was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1991. The Holland Patent Railroad Station was listed in 2000.


Geography

Holland Patent is located at (43.241819, -75.257057). According to the
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, the village has a total area of , of which is land and 2.04% is water.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2000, there were 461 people, 201 households, and 129 families residing in the village. The
population density Population density (in agriculture: Stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ...
was 958.8 people per square mile (370.8/km2). There were 227 housing units at an average density of 472.1 per square mile (182.6/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 98.48%
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, 0.22%
Asian Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, 0.22% from
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, and 1.08% from two or more races.
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or
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people of any race were 0.65% of the population. There were 201 households, out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.8% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no male present, and 35.8% were non-families. 31.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.91. In the village, the population was spread out, with 23.6% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.4 males. The median income for a household in the village was $42,167, and the median income for a family was $51,667. Males had a median income of $30,000 versus $27,917 for females. The
per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population. Per capita i ...
for the village was $21,864. About 3.2% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the
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, including 2.6% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.


Notable person

First Lady Rose Cleveland grew up in Holland Patent.


See also

* Holland Patent Railroad Station


References


External links


Village of Holland Patent, NY



Holland Patent Free Library and Historic Preservation Center on New York Heritage Digital Collections
{{authority control Villages in New York (state) Utica–Rome metropolitan area Villages in Oneida County, New York Populated places established in 1797 1797 establishments in New York (state)