Enfield is a

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Tompkins County Tompkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 105,740. The county seat is Ithaca. The name is in honor of Daniel D. Tompkins, who served as Governor of New York and Vice Preside ...

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, United States. The population was 3,401 at the 2020 census. The Town of Enfield is located on the western border of the county and is west of

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History

The

Sullivan Expedition The 1779 Sullivan Expedition (also known as the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition, the Sullivan Campaign, and the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign) was a United States military campaign under the command of General John Sullivan (general), John Sullivan duri ...

of 1779 passed through the area, which later became part of the

Central New York Military Tract The Military Tract of Central New York, also called the New Military Tract, consisted of nearly of bounty land set aside in Central New York to compensate New York's soldiers after their participation in the Revolutionary War. Establishment ...

. The town was first settled around 1804. The Town of Enfield was formed in 1821 from part of the Town of Ulysses.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.05%) is water. The west town line is the border of Schuyler County. Borders on the North the Town of Ulysses, and on the South the Town of Newfield. The eastern town line is marked by the Town of Ithaca, near

Cayuga Lake Cayuga Lake (, or ) is the longest of central New York's glacial Finger Lakes, and is the second largest in surface area (marginally smaller than Seneca Lake) and second largest in volume. It is just under long. Its average width is , and i ...

, one of the

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New York State Route 79 New York State Route 79 (NY 79) is a east–west state highway in the Southern Tier of New York, in the United States. The western terminus of the route is at the intersection with NY 414 near the southern end of Seneca Lake ...

is an east-west highway in the town and intersects (north-south)

New York State Route 327 New York State Route 327 (NY 327) is a state highway located within Tompkins County, New York, Tompkins County, New York (state), New York, in the United States. It extends for in a northwest–southeast direction from an intersection ...

at Millers Corners.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 3,369 people, 1,323 households, and 891 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 1,432 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 94.81%

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, 1.87%

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, 0.36% Native American, 0.45% Asian, 0.50% from other races, and 2.02% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.69% of the population. There were 1,323 households, out of which 35.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.3% were

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living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families. 23.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.02. In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.5% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.3 males. The median income for a household in the town was $36,538, and the median income for a family was $40,183. Males had a median income of $28,000 versus $24,625 for females. The

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for the town was $16,795. About 11.9% of families and 13.5% of the population were below the

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, including 23.2% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over.

Communities and locations in Enfield

*Applegate Corner – A location marked by the intersection of NY-79 and Applegate Road. *Black Oaks Corner – A location marked by the intersection of Harvey Hill Rd and Black Oak Road. *Bostwick Corners – A hamlet at the intersection of NY-327 with Bostwick Rd. to East and Harvey Hill Road. to West. *Christian Hill – A hamlet on the north town line. *Enfield Center (or "Enfield") – The hamlet of Enfield Center on NY-327 at intersection of Enfield Center Roads (East and West). *Enfield Elementary School – The only public school in Enfield; older students go to secondary schools in the surrounding towns and cities, located on Halseyville Rd. near NY-79. *Enfield Glen – A gorge in

Robert H. Treman State Park Robert H. Treman State Park is a state park located in Tompkins County, in the Finger Lakes region of New York in the United States. The park is situated in the towns of Ithaca, Enfield and Newfield. History Robert H. Treman first purcha ...

, near the south town line. *Hayt Corner – A location in the northeast part of Enfield. *Kennedy Corner – A location on NY-79. *Millers Corners – Intersection of NY-79 with Enfield Main Road (NY-327) to the South and Halseyville Road to the North. *Roloson Corner – Intersection of NY-79 with Black Oak Road to the South and Waterburg Road to the North. *Van Dorn Corner – A location on NY-79. *Whipple Corner – A hamlet on the east town line.

References

External links

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