Linwood is a

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and

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(CDP) in the town of

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, Livingston County,

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, United States. Its population was 74 as of the 2010 census. Linwood had a

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until February 6, 1993; it still has its own ZIP code, 14486.

Geography

Linwood is in northwestern Livingston County, in the northwest corner of the town of York. It is bordered to the north and west by the town of Pavilion in Genesee County. U.S. Route 20 passes north of the community. Rochester is northeast of Linwood,

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is to the northwest, and Geneseo, the Livingston

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, is to the southeast. According to the

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, the Linwood CDP has an area of , all land. The Linwood area drains toward Browns Creek, an east-flowing tributary of the Genesee River.

Demographics

References

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