The

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

of Moravia in Cayuga County, New York, United States is a community with population of about 1,200. The village of Moravia is in the southern part of the town of Moravia and is south of Auburn. Nearby Fillmore Glen State Park contains a replica of the cabin in which President

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was born.

History

The village was in the Central New York Military Tract and is on the site of a former native village. Moravia Liquors 11 49 35 681000

Moravia village was founded in 1789 by John Stoyell, a veteran. It was then called "Owasco Flats". The village of Moravia was incorporated in 1837 and re-incorporated in 1859 when enlarged. The Powers Library, erected in 1880, is the oldest continuously used library in New York.Joshi, L. B
"Moravia Continues Powers's Vision."The Citizen
2006. Dozens of

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houses built in the late 1800s, plus many other residences, churches, a cemetery, and other properties in the village are documented, and are listed on the

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either as individual buildings or within historic districts: see National Register of Historic Places listings in Cayuga County, New York. The village population was 1,282 at the 2010 census.

Notable people

was born in the village. *

John D. Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was one of the List of richest Americans in history, wealthiest Americans of all time and one of the richest people in modern hist ...

, boyhood home of the future industrialist *

Andrew Dickson White Andrew Dickson White (November 7, 1832 – November 4, 1918) was an American historian and educator who co-founded Cornell University, one of eight Ivy League universities in the United States, and served as its first president for nearly two de ...

, educator and president of

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Geography

Moravia is located at (42.711108, -76.42302). According to the

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, the village has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.24%, is water. The village is south of

Owasco Lake Owasco Lake is the sixth largest and third easternmost of the Finger Lakes of New York in the United States. History Owasco Lake's name may have been derived from the Iroquois word ''dwas-co'', meaning ''bridge on the water''. The name may al ...

, and the Owasco Inlet flows through the village. New York State Route 38 intersects

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in Moravia village.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,363 people, 542 households, and 338 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 592 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 98.39%

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, 0.29%

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, 0.15% Native American, 0.29% Asian, and 0.88% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.37% of the population. There were 542 households, out of which 32.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.9% were

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living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.5% were non-families. 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.05. In the village, the population was spread out, with 27.4% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.5 males. The median income for a household in the village was $33,864, and the median income for a family was $41,513. Males had a median income of $30,625 versus $23,264 for females. The

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for the village was $16,447. About 4.8% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the

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, including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over.

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