North Collins is a

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in Erie County,

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, United States. The population was 3,523 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from its parent town,

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. The town of North Collins is in the southern part of the county and is one of the "

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" of Erie County. The main settlement in the town is the village of North Collins.

History

The area was first settled in 1809.Kirby, C.D. (1976). ''The Early History of Gowanda and the Beautiful Land of the Cattaraugus''.

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: Niagara Frontier Publishing Company, Inc./Gowanda Area Bi-Centennial Committee, Inc. The town of North Collins was founded in 1852 as the "Town of Shirley" from the northern part of the town of

. In 1853 the town assumed its current name. In 1911, the community of North Collins set itself off from the town by incorporating as a village. The

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was listed on the

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in 1984.

Geography

According to the

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, the town of North Collins has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.40%, is water.

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, and

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pass through the town.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 3,376 people, 1,254 households, and 915 families residing in the town. The

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was 78.8 people per square mile (30.4/km²). There were 1,403 housing units at an average density of 32.7 per square mile (12.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 95.26%

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, 0.44%

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, 1.51% Native American, 0.71%

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, 0.44% from

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, and 1.63% from two or more races.

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of any race were 2.37% of the population. There were 1,254 households, out of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.6% were

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living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.16. In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.2% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.6 males. The median income for a household in the town was $43,781, and the median income for a family was $50,781. Males had a median income of $36,087 versus $26,667 for females. The

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for the town was $19,253. About 5.4% of families and 7.7% of the population were below the

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, including 12.7% of those under age 18 and 2.4% of those age 65 or over.

Communities and locations in North Collins

* Eighteen Mile Creek (South Branch) – A stream flowing through the northeast part of the town, passing the community of New Oregon. It is a tributary of

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. *Franklin Gulf County Park – An undeveloped park partly in the north part of the town. * Langford – A

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at the junction of state routes NY-75 and NY-249 in the northern part of the town. *

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– A hamlet on NY-62 in the southwest corner of the town. * Marshfield – A hamlet near the south town line on NY-75. * New Oregon – A hamlet in the northeast part of the town on NY-249. * North Collins - The village of North Collins is located in the northwest corner of the town at the junction of U.S. Route 62 and NY Route 249. The community was formerly called "Rose's Corners" and "Kerr's Corners". *

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– A hamlet southeast of North Collins village, located on Shirley Road just south of NY Route 249. *Winter's Pond – A small lake south of Langford.

Notable people

Effie A. Southworth Effie Almira Southworth Spalding (1860–1947), was an American botanist and mycologist, and the first woman plant pathologist hired by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Her most important discovery was the 1887 identification o ...

(1860-1947), botanist, born in North Collins. *

Frank Manly Thorn Frank Manly Thorn (December 7, 1836 – April 14, 1907) was an American lawyer, politician, government official, essayist, journalist, humorist, and inventor. He served as the sixth Superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. ...

(1836–1907), lawyer, politician, government official, essayist, journalist, humorist, and inventor, sixth Superintendent of the

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(1885–1889), born in North Collins before it split away from Collins. * Andrew Dallas Gier (b. 1986), Bills season ticket holder and host of The Rockpile Report podcast. https://www.bluewirepods.com/podcast/the-rockpile-report-a-buffalo-bills-podcast

Plane Crashes

June 1956 http://www.gendisasters.com/new-york/11708/north-collins-ny-private-plane-crash-june-1956 October 1958 https://issuesny.tripod.com/home/id109.html (Related) https://issuesny.tripod.com/home/id111.html September 2016 https://buffalonews.com/news/local/faster-plane-crashed-into-slower-one-over-north-collins-ntsb-finds/article_9199214a-a310-5480-910d-38ddfb54b36e.html

References

External links

Town of North Collins official websiteePodunk - North CollinsNew York Heritage - Reminiscent History of North Collins
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