Millport is a

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Chemung County Chemung County is a county in the southern tier of the U.S. state of New York. The population was 84,148 as of the 2020 census. Its county seat is Elmira. Its name is derived from a Delaware Indian village whose name meant "big horn". Chemung ...

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, United States. The population was 312 at the 2010 census. The name comes from its former status as a canal port. Millport is in the northwest quadrant of the town of

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and is north of Elmira. The mail ZIP code is 14864. It is part of the Elmira

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History

The

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of 1779 passed through the area. The town's first settler, Green Bently, purchased and developed farmland on the site of the village in 1798. The community was once known as "Millvale" after the village was laid out in 1825. The name was changed to "Millport" in 1829 to recognize its new status by the

Chemung Canal The Chemung Canal is a former canal in New York, United States. The canal connected Seneca Lake at Watkins Glen to the Chemung River at Elmira, New York. It was planned to connect the Finger Lakes region and Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River wat ...

which passed by the village. The presence of the canal helped raise the population about 1,000 for a time.

Catharine Creek Catharine Creek is a roughly stream that flows through Chemung and Schuyler counties in New York. The creek, named after Catharine Montour, is a major tributary to Seneca Lake. Course While the other waterways of Chemung County are part of ...

, a north-flowing tributary of Seneca Lake, flows through the village. In the 1840s, several epidemics reduced the population of Millport.

Geography

Millport is located in northwestern Chemung County at (42.267634, -76.836122). According to the

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, the village has a total area of , all land.

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passes through the village, which is at the junction of County Road 6A.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 297 people, 118 households, and 77 families residing in the village. The

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was 821.0 people per square mile (318.5/km²). There were 132 housing units at an average density of 364.9 per square mile (141.6/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 96.97%

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, 1.01% Native American, 0.34% from

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, and 1.68% from two or more races.

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of any race were 2.02% of the population. There were 118 households, out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.9% were

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living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.03. In the village, the population was spread out, with 25.6% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 33.0% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.3 males. The median income for a household in the village was $31,250, and the median income for a family was $40,500. Males had a median income of $26,875 versus $17,500 for females. The

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for the village was $15,739. About 6.1% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the

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, including 17.0% of those under the age of eighteen and 12.8% of those 65 or over.

References

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Village of Millport
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