New Hudson is a

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in Allegany County,

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, United States. The population was 801 at the 2020 census. The town is on the west border of the county, northeast of Olean.

History

The area of the town was first settled ''circa'' 1820. New Hudson was set apart as the "Town of Haight" in 1825, from part of the town of Rushford and changed its name to New Hudson in 1837. The original name Haight was that of a militia general, who finally irritated the citizens enough with excessive demands that the people changed the name of the town.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.34%, is water. The west town line is the border of

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. New York State Route 305 crosses the town, approximately parallelling Black Creek, a tributary of the

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 736 people, 268 households, and 198 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 436 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.37%

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, 0.27%

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, 0.27% Native American, and 1.09% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.82% of the population. There were 268 households, out of which 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.9% were

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living together, 4.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.1% were non-families. 22.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.23. In the town, the population was spread out, with 31.0% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.0 males. The median income for a household in the town was $33,859, and the median income for a family was $34,702. Males had a median income of $27,917 versus $18,542 for females. The

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for the town was $12,319. About 12.8% of families and 13.1% of the population were below the

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, including 14.7% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.

Communities and locations in New Hudson

*Bellville – A

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in the northern part of the town. *

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– A hamlet on Route 305 in the south part of the town. Also a

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of the

flowing northeast through the town past Black Creek hamlet and Lyons Corners. *Lyons Corners – A hamlet on Route 305 by the south town line. *Marshall – A hamlet near the east town line, southwest of McGrawville. * McGrawville – A hamlet near the north town line, northeast of Bellville. *Rawson – A community at the west town line on County Road 7A.

References

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New Hudson history

{{authority control Towns in Allegany County, New York Towns in New York (state) 1835 establishments in New York (state)