Sangerfield is a

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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 2,561 at the 2010 census. The town is named after

Jedediah Sanger Jedediah Sanger (February 28, 1751 – June 6, 1829) was the founder of the town of New Hartford, New York, United States. He was a native of Sherborn, Massachusetts, and the ninth child of Richard and Deborah Sanger, a prominent colonial New ...

, an early settler. The Town of Sangerfield is on the county's southern border.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (0.52%) is water. The southern and western town lines are the border of Madison County.

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crosses the town. The

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is an important stream flowing southward through the town.

History

The town was first settled . In 1788, the State of New York bought from the Oneida Indians twenty towns that bordered the Unadilla River. This land became known as "''Clinton's Purchase''". In 1789, the state surveyed "

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No. 20" in this tract for *Michael Myers of Herkimer, *Jedediah Sanger of New Hartford, and *John I. Morgan. This region then went through several name changes in its early years: Basically, Sangerfield was formed from the Town of Paris in 1795, before the creation of Oneida County. The population of Sangerfield in 1920 was 1,795.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,610 people, 944 households, and 684 families residing in the town. The

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was . There were 1,010 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.31%

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, 0.38%

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, 0.31% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.04%

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, 0.04% from

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, and 0.54% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.54% of the population. There were 944 households, out of which 38.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.5% were non-families. 22.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.09. In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.2% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.7 males. The median income for a household in the town was $38,264, and the median income for a family was $44,871. Males had a median income of $31,144 versus $21,250 for females. The

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for the town was $17,068. About 5.9% of families and 9.7% of the population were below the

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, including 10.6% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.

Communities and locations in Sangerfield

*Chittning Pond – A small

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near the eastern town line, located just east of the local State Lands. *Conger Corners – A location between the Sangerfield hamlet and Pleasant Valley on Route 20. *Five Corners – A

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southeast of the Sangerfield hamlet. *Nine-Mile Swamp (Skanawis) – A swamp on the east branch of the Chenango River (Sangerfield River) that is partly in the southwestern part of the town. Famous for lodging the

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. *Pleasant Valley – A hamlet west of the Sangerfield hamlet on US Route 20. *Sangerfield – The

of Sangerfield is south of Waterville and on US Route 20. The Sangerfield area is located on a geological divide, with streams to the north draining into the Oriskany Creek and eventually the Mohawk River (Tenonatche), streams to the south draining into the Chenango River and eventually the Susquehanna. Location of the town government. *Stockwell – A hamlet in the southern part of the town. *Tassel Hill – Highest point in Oneida County. Located in the northeastern part of the town, east of Route 12 on the borders of Bridgewater,

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, and

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townships. * Waterville – Part of the Village of Waterville is within the northern town line, north of Sangerfield village on Route 12. *Whiskey Hollow – A small stretch of road on Route 315 approximately .5 miles inside Waterville.

Historic Places

Pleasant Valley Grange Hall is located on the

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References

http://ralphwaite.com/osborn/AmosOsborn.htm

External links

An early history of Sangerfield, NY
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