Ovid is a
village
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in
Seneca County,
New York
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, United States. The population was 602 at the 2010 census. The town was named by a clerk interested in the
classics
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(see
Ovid
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).
The Village of Ovid is within the
Town of Ovid, but a small portion is in the
Town of Romulus, and is southeast of
Geneva, New York
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.
History
Ovid and the surrounding area was part the lands controlled by the
Iroquois
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. The
Sullivan Expedition
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of 1779 drove away or killed many of these natives to reduce their raiding in support of the British. After the
American Revolution
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the village was in the
Central New York Military Tract
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, used to compensate soldiers.
Ovid was the first county seat of Seneca County, and a courthouse was erected in 1806. When adjacent towns were created from Ovid and placed in other counties, Ovid was seen as being too far from the county center, and
Waterloo became the county seat. Later, Waterloo itself became located on the northern fringe of the county when new towns created there were assigned to new counties. The ultimate solution was to make both Ovid and Waterloo county seats.
The village was incorporated in 1816, but dissolved in 1849, and then re-incorporated in 1852.
The
David and Mary Kinne Farmstead,
Seneca County Courthouse Complex at Ovid,
Edith B. Ford Memorial Library and
Aaron Wilson House are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
Geography
Ovid is located at (42.6775, -76.8243).
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.1 km
2), none of which is covered with water.
The village is in the
Finger Lakes
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District, lying between
Cayuga Lake
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and
Seneca Lake.
New York State Route 96
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,
New York State Route 96A
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, and
New York State Route 414
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, along with County Road 139, converge at the village.
Simpson Creek flows through the village to Seneca Lake.
Image:Three Bears Ovid.jpg, Seneca County Courthouse Complex at Ovid
Demographics
![South Seneca High School In Ovid](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/South_Seneca_High_School_In_Ovid.JPG)
As of the
census
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of 2010, there were 602 people, 251 households, and 145 families residing in the village. The
population density
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was 1,505.0 people per square mile (547.3/km
2). The racial makeup of the village was 93.7%
White
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, 1.7%
Black
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or
African American
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, 0.2%
Native American, 0.8%
Asian
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, 0.0%
Pacific Islander
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, 1.2% from
other races
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, and 2.5% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 2.3% of the population.
There were 251 households, out of which 25.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.9% were
married couples
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living together, 15.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 33.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 3.02.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 20, 7.6% from 20 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 27.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.6 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $43,750, and the median income for a family was $42,955. Males had a median income of $35,625 versus $36,477 for females. The
per capita income
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for the village was $20,255. About 4.0% of families and 8.5% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 1.3% of those under age 18 and 18.8% of those age 65 or over.
Housing
There were 283 housing units at an average density of 707.5 per square mile (257.3/km
2). 11.3% of housing units were vacant.
There were 251 occupied housing units in the village. 153 were owner-occupied units (61.0%), while 98 were renter-occupied (39.0%). The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.5% of total units. The rental unit vacancy rate was 8.3%.
Notable people
*
Silas M. Burroughs (politician)
Silas Mainville Burroughs (July 16, 1810 – June 3, 1860) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
Born in Ovid, New York, Burroughs completed a preparatory course. He moved to Medina, NY in 1834. He was Village Clerk of Medina, ...
, former US Congressman
*
Silas Halsey
Silas Halsey (October 17, 1743 N.S. – November 19, 1832) was a United States representative from New York.
Born October 6, 1743 (Old Style) / October 17, 1743 (New Style) in Southampton, he attended the public schools and studied medic ...
, former US Congressman
References
External links
Ovid and Waterloo courthouses
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Villages in New York (state)
1816 establishments in New York (state)
Villages in Seneca County, New York