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Bliss is the largest
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(CDP) in the town of
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, Wyoming County,
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, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 527. The community is in southern Wyoming County, in the north and central part of the town of Eagle. It is bordered to the north by the town of Wethersfield. Bliss is in the valley of Wiscoy Creek where it is joined by its North Branch. Wiscoy Creek flows east and south to the
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, a tributary of
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New York State Route 39 New York State Route 39 (NY 39) is an east–west state highway in the western New York, western portion of New York (state), New York in the United States. It begins and ends at intersections with U.S. Route 20 in New York, U.S ...
passes through the south side of Bliss, following the Wiscoy Creek valley. The highway leads east to
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and west to
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. State Route 362 runs through the center of Bliss, starting at Route 39 on the south side and leading north to
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in Wethersfield.


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