Camillus is a

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, United States. The population was 1,213 at the 2010 census. The village takes its name from the town in which it is located. It is part of the

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. The village of Camillus is in the town of Camillus, west of

. It was the home of the world-famous

Camillus Cutlery Company The Camillus Cutlery Company was one of the oldest knife manufacturers in the United States as its roots date back to 1876. The Company produced millions of knives until it filed for bankruptcy in 2007. Its brand name and intellectual property r ...

History

Camillus village was part of the former

Central New York Military Tract The Military Tract of Central New York, also called the New Military Tract, consisted of nearly of bounty land set aside in Central New York to compensate New York's soldiers after their participation in the Revolutionary War. Establishment T ...

. The village was one of the first locations settled, around 1790. A protest against the Fugitive Slave Law was formulated in the village in 1852. The

First Baptist Church of Camillus The First Baptist Church of Camillus is a historic Baptist church located at 23 Genesee Street in the Village of Camillus, Onondaga County, New York. It is credited to architect Archimedes Russell and built in 1879–1880. It is a brick chu ...

and

Camillus Union Free School Camillus Union Free School is a building built in 1912 and 1913 in the Village of Camillus, New York. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The original two-story school building has a U-shaped plan. It was designe ...

are listed on the

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. On February 11, 2013, the

caught on fire and was burned down. The cause of the fire was the result of a spark from a cutting torch, during metal removal; no one was injured or killed as a result of the fire.

Geography

Camillus is located at (43.039364, -76.307996). According to the

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, the village has a total area of 0.4 square mile (1.0 km²), all land. Camillus is southwest of

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and is east of

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and

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. Nine Mile Creek, passing by the village, was a source of water for the

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,249 people, 568 households, and 305 families residing in the village. The

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was 3,188.9 people per square mile (1,236.5/km²). There were 627 housing units at an average density of 1,600.8 per square mile (620.7/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.12%

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, 0.48%

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, 0.88% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 0.08% from

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, and 1.20% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.96% of the population. There were 568 households, out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.3% were

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living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.3% were non-families. 38.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.93. In the village, the population was spread out, with 24.3% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.2 males. The median income for a household in the village was $36,681, and the median income for a family was $48,125. Males had a median income of $32,424 versus $26,198 for females. The

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for the village was $19,939. About 6.9% of families and 8.0% of the population were below the

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, including 14.5% of those under age 18 and 1.2% of those age 65 or over.

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