West Danby is a

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and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in the town of Danby,

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. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The community is in southern Tompkins County, on the west side of the town of Danby. It is bordered to the west by the town of Newfield. New York State Routes 34 and 96 run together through the center of the hamlet, leading north to

Ithaca Ithaca most commonly refers to: *Homer's Ithaca, an island featured in Homer's ''Odyssey'' *Ithaca (island), an island in Greece, possibly Homer's Ithaca *Ithaca, New York, a city, and home of Cornell University and Ithaca College Ithaca, Ithaka ...

and south to Spencer. West Danby is on the west side of the deep valley of

Cayuga Inlet Cayuga Inlet is a river located in Tompkins County, New York. It flows into the south end of Cayuga Lake by Ithaca, New York. Development Cayuga Inlet is a popular and well-connected location for boating. Boaters are able to travel from Cayu ...

, which runs north to

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 ...

at Ithaca.

Demographics

Public Utilities

West Danby is currently not served by any

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connections and relies on the delivery of

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or other home heating fuel oils. Most of the hamlet is served by a public municipal water system serving approximately 150 customers.

Education

The CDP is in the

Newfield Central School District Newfield, New Field, Newfields, or ''variant'', may refer to: People * Alexa Newfield (born 1991), U.S. soccer player * Heidi Newfield (born 1970), U.S. country music singer * Jack Newfield (1938-2004), U.S. journalist * Marc Newfield (born 1972), ...

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{{authority control Census-designated places in Tompkins County, New York Census-designated places in New York (state)