Prattsville is a
hamlet
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
(CDP) in the
town of Prattsville,
Greene County,
New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 355 at the 2010 census,
out of a total population of 700 in the town.
Geography
Prattsville is located in western Greene County and occupies the central and northwestern sections of the town of Prattsville. The CDP is bordered to the southwest by
Schoharie Creek and to the southeast by its tributary, Batavia Kill. The northwestern edge of the CDP follows the
Delaware County line, and the far northern extent of the CDP borders
Schoharie County
Schoharie County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 29,714, making it the state's fifth-least populous county. The county ...
.
New York State Route 23
New York State Route 23 (NY 23) is an east–west state highway in the eastern portion of New York in the United States. It extends for from an intersection with NY 26 in the Central New York town of Cincinnatus in Cortland Coun ...
is Prattsville's Main Street, leading northwest to
Oneonta on the
Susquehanna River and southeast to
Catskill on the
Hudson River
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.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the Prattsville CDP has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
References
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Census-designated places in New York (state)
Hamlets in New York (state)
Census-designated places in Greene County, New York
Hamlets in Greene County, New York