Lima is a

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in the town of Lima, Livingston County,

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, United States. The population of Lima village was 2,139 at the 2010 census, out of 4,305 in the entire town.

History

The village was founded in 1788 by Paul Davison and Jonathan Gould, veterans of the Sullivan Campaign, who had seen the area during the

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. The village of Lima was organized in 1797 as the "Village of Charleston", but in 1808 the name was changed to "Lima", after

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. (For that reason, the name of the village is currently pronounced like the name of the

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, not like the name of the city in

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). The Genesee Wesleyan Seminary (1830) / Genesee College (1849) was one of the first co-educational schools in the country when it opened in 1822. Eventually, determined by a Methodist-Episcopal convention in 1870, the college was shut in favor of the newly developed

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(1871), over the protests of the residents of Lima.

Notable people

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, first female attorney to practice before the Supreme Court *

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, U.S. representative, senator, and ambassador to Israel *

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, former

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, former

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of Oregon *

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, founder of the

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National Register of Historic Places

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Geography

Lima is located near the northeastern corner of Livingston County at (42.906511, -77.612808), at the center of the town of Lima. It is at the intersection of conjoined

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(in part, Avon Lima Road and East Main Street) and

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(in part Rochester Road and Plank Road). The village is east of

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, northeast of Geneseo, the Livingston

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, and south of Rochester. According to the

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, the village has a total area of , all land. The eastern boundary of the village is formed by Spring Brook, a northward-flowing tributary of

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and part of the

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watershed.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,459 people, 770 households, and 532 families. The population density was . There were 800 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 95.65%

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, 1.46%

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, 0.41% Native American, 0.73% Asian, 0.12%

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, 0.49% from other races, and 1.14% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.71% of the population. There were 770 households, out of which 36.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.3% were

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living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.15. In the village, the population was spread out, with 22.6% under the age of 18, 19.0% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.9 males. The median income for a household in the village was $41,646, and the median income for a family was $52,102. Males had a median income of $29,966 versus $25,429 for females. The

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for the village was $15,622. 5.3% of the population and 3.4% of families were below the

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. 3.4% of those under the age of 18 and 6.6% of those 65 and older are all living below the poverty line.

References

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* {{authority control Villages in New York (state) Rochester metropolitan area, New York Populated places established in 1788 Villages in Livingston County, New York 1788 establishments in New York (state)