Canandaigua (pronounced "Ka-nuhn-day-gwuh", IPA: /ˌkænənˈdeɡwə/) is a

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in Ontario County,

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, United States. The population was 11,109 at the 2020 census. The Town of Canandaigua surrounds the City of Canandaigua at the north end of

Canandaigua Lake Canandaigua Lake is the fourth largest of the Finger Lakes in the U.S. state of New York. The City of Canandaigua is located at the northern end of the lake and the village of Naples is several miles south of the southern end. It is the wes ...

and is southeast of Rochester.

History

The town was first settled ''circa'' 1789. Canandaigua officially became a town in 1791. The first town meeting was held in April of that year and presided over by the first supervisor, Israel Chapin. Initially, there was little distinction made between the village named Canandaigua and the Town of Canandaigua. In 1815, the Village of Canandaigua was officially established and became a city in 1913. During the steamboat era, passenger vessels travelled on nearby

Geography

According to the

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, the Town of Canandaigua has a total area of 62.53 square miles (161.95 km²), of which 56.80 square miles (147.10 km²) is land and 5.74 square miles (14.85 km²), approximately 9.04%, is water. The town is located at the northwestern end of

, one of the

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. The Town of Canandaigua is approximately 30 miles southeast of the city of Rochester and is served by the Greater Rochester International Airport. Conjoined US Route 20 and

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cross the north part of the Town of Canandaigua. New York State Route 21 and New York State Route 332 are important north-south highways.

Towns and other areas bordering the Town of Canandaigua

Hopewell to its east,

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to its south, East Bloomfield to its west, and Farmington to its north.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 7,649 people, 2,886 households, and 2,132 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 3,281 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 97.11%

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, 0.73%

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, 0.24% Native American, 0.77% Asian, 0.27% from other races, and 0.88% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.07% of the population. There were 2,886 households, out of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.5% were

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living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.1% were non-families. 19.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.03. In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.9 males. The median income for a household in the town was $57,978, and the median income for a family was $65,170. Males had a median income of $41,302 versus $28,191 for females. The

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for the town was $26,586. About 2.3% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the

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, including 3.6% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

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- Bogart's parents owned a cottage (called Willow Brook) on Canandaigua Lake (Seneca Point area), where the family spent several summers when Humphrey was a boy. * Gideon Granger - U.S. Postmaster General *

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- Former NFL player (

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) and

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Fullback * Michael Park - Broadway star (Smokey Joe's Café)

Communities and locations in the Town of Canandaigua

*Academy – A hamlet at the southern border of the town on NY-21. *Arsenal Hill – A hamlet at the western border of the City of Canandaigua. * Centerfield – A hamlet in the northwest part of the town on US-20. *

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– A hamlet in the south part of the town on NY-21. *Four Winds Corners – A location in the northwest part of the town on US-5 and US-20. *Grange Landing – A lakeside location in the southeast part of the town. *Padelford – A

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by the north town line on County Road 8. * Skenoh Island – An island in the north end of Canandaigua Lake.

References

External links

Town of Canandaigua site

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