South Bristol is a

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in Ontario County,

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, United States. The population was 1,651 at the 2020 census. The name is derived from its separation from the Town of Bristol. The Town of South Bristol is in the southwestern part of the county. It claims to be the smallest town (by population) in the county.

History

South Bristol was part of the

Phelps and Gorham Purchase The Phelps and Gorham Purchase was the sale, in 1788, of a portion of a large tract of land in western New York State owned by the Seneca nation of the Iroquois Confederacy to a syndicate of land developers led by Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gor ...

. Settlement commenced in the year the county was formed, 1789. The Town of South Bristol was established in 1838 from a partition of the Town of Bristol. The South Bristol Grange Hall 1107 and Wilder Cemetery are listed on the

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Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (7.13%) is water. The eastern town line, marked by

Canandaigua Lake Canandaigua Lake is the fourth largest of the Finger Lakes in the U.S. state of New York. The City of Canandaigua is located at the northern end of the lake and the village of Naples is several miles south of the southern end. It is the wes ...

, is the border of

Yates County Yates County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 24,774, making it the third-least populous county in New York. The county seat is Penn Yan. The name is in honor of Joseph C. Yates, who as Gov ...

. North-south highways, NY 21 and NY 64 intersect in Bristol Springs. Mud Creek and Mill Creek form deep north-south valleys in the town.

Adjacent towns and areas

The Town of Richmond, containing

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, shares South Bristol's west town line. The Town of Naples is to the south. The Town of Bristol is on the north, and the Town of Middlesex in Yates County is on the opposite shore of Canandaigua Lake.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,645 people, 670 households, and 469 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 1,145 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.05%

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, 0.18%

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, 0.18% Native American, 0.61% Asian, 0.30% from other races, and 0.67% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.85% of the population. There were 670 households, out of which 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.2% were

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living together, 4.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.0% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.85. In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.0% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 31.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.4 males. The median income for a household in the town was $52,313, and the median income for a family was $56,346. Males had a median income of $40,909 versus $29,853 for females. The

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for the town was $26,590. About 4.7% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the

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, including 10.1% of those under age 18 and 2.3% of those age 65 or over.

Communities and locations in South Bristol

*Academy – A location by the north town line. *Boswell Corners – A hamlet southwest of South Bristol village at the junction of County Roads 33 and 34. * Bristol Mountain Ski Resort – A ski resort in the center of the town. *Bristol Springs – A hamlet southeast of South Bristol village on NY-64. It was settled in 1812. *Covel Corners – A hamlet in the northeast part of the town by NY-21. *Gulick – A hamlet in the southwest part of the town. *Seneca Point – A hamlet northeast of Boswell Corners. *South Bristol – The hamlet of South Bristol is on NY-64 and Mud Creek-. *Woodville – A lakeside hamlet by Canandaigua Lake at the south town line on NY-21. * WNBL Broadcast Tower – A historic broadcast tower that was used for the

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in the 1950s. Radio station WNBL is licensed to the town and uses the tower. Parting of the Ways - Local Nickname for the area where Rt.21, Rt.64 meet in S. Bristol.

References

External links

Town of South Bristol

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