Catlin is a

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in Chemung County,

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, United States. The population was 2,554 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Phineas Catlin, a surveyor and public official. Catlin is in the northwestern corner of the county, northwest of Elmira. It is part of the Elmira Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The town's land was first settled ''circa'' 1816. The town of Catlin was organized in 1823 from the town of Catharine. The town of

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was formed from the north part of Catlin in 1835. (Both Catharine and Dix are now in Schuyler County.)

Geography

According to the

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, the town of Catlin has a total area of , of which , or 0.07%, is water. Catlin is bounded on the north by Schuyler County and on the west by Steuben County.

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passes along the east town line, and

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is a north–south highway in the western part of Catlin.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,649 people, 985 households, and 742 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 1,069 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.26%

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, 0.45%

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, 0.15% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.23% from other races, and 0.68% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.34% of the population. There were 985 households, out of which 37.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were

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living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.6% were non-families. 18.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.06. In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.8% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.6 males. The median income for a household in the town was $38,776, and the median income for a family was $42,308. Males had a median income of $34,833 versus $23,333 for females. The

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for the town was $17,869. About 4.4% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the

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, including 10.1% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.

Communities and locations in the Town of Catlin

*Catlin Center – A former community located in the north-central part of the town. *Chambers – A

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by the junction of NY-414 and County Road 35 on the east side of Post Creek. *Johnson Hollow – A valley in the north part of Catlin. * Pine Valley – A hamlet and

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at the east town line at NY-14. It extends east into the town of

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. *Post Creek – (1) A hamlet near the west town line, (2) A stream that flows along the west town line and later joins the

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. *Smith Corners – A location east of Post Creek. *Tompkins Corners – A hamlet neat the south town line on County Road 11.

References

External links

Town of Catlin official website

{{authority control Populated places established in 1816 Towns in Chemung County, New York Towns in New York (state) 1816 establishments in New York (state)