Davenport Center is a
hamlet
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and
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in the town of
Davenport,
Delaware County,
New York
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, United States. The population was 349 at the
2010 census.
Geography
Davenport Center is located, as the name suggests, in the center of the town of Davenport, in the Charlotte Valley. Charlotte Creek flows along the northern edge of the community on its way west to the
Susquehanna River
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at
Oneonta.
New York State Route 23
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passes through Davenport Center, leading west to
Oneonta and east to
Stamford.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the Davenport Center CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.28%, is water.
Demographics
References
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Census-designated places in New York (state)
Census-designated places in Delaware County, New York
Hamlets in New York (state)
Hamlets in Delaware County, New York