West Danby is a
hamlet
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and
census-designated place
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(CDP) in the town of
Danby,
Tompkins County,
New York
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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the
2020 census.
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The community is in southern Tompkins County, on the west side of the town of Danby. It is bordered to the west by the town of Newfield. New York State Routes 34 and 96 run together through the center of the hamlet, leading north to ]Ithaca
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*Ithaca, New York, a city, and home of Cornell University and Ithaca College
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and south to Spencer.
West Danby is on the west side of the deep valley of Cayuga Inlet
Cayuga Inlet is a river located in Tompkins County, New York. It flows into the south end of Cayuga Lake by Ithaca, New York.
Development
Cayuga Inlet is a popular and well-connected location for boating. Boaters are able to travel from Cayuga I ...
, which runs north to Cayuga Lake
Cayuga Lake (,,) is the longest of central New York's glacial Finger Lakes, and is the second largest in surface area (marginally smaller than Seneca Lake) and second largest in volume. It is just under long. Its average width is , and it is a ...
at Ithaca.
Demographics
References
Census-designated places in Tompkins County, New York
Census-designated places in New York (state)
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