South Kortright is a
hamlet
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in
Delaware County,
New York
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, United States. The community is located along
New York State Route 10
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, east-northeast of
Delhi
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. the hamlet has a population of 2349
and is in size.
South Kortright has the
ZIP code 13842. The
post office
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was closed in 2009 and mail functions were transferred to the nearby
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
of
Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
.
South Kortright Central School District, established in 1940, enrolls students from the hamlet as well as the neighboring village of Hobart and the hamlet of
Bloomville. The average age of residence in the hamlet is 51.7 years.
Notable person
*
Anna Moschovakis
Anna Elizabeth Moschovakis is a Greek American poet, author, and translator.
Early life
Moschovakis was born to an American mother and a Greek father. She split her time growing up between the U.S. and Greece, where her father owned what she ...
, writer and translator
References
Hamlets in Delaware County, New York
Hamlets in New York (state)
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