Greenville, Orange County, New York
| Greenville, New York | |
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 Location in Orange County and the state of New York. |
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 Greenville, New York
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| Coordinates: 41°22′N 74°35′W / 41.367°N 74.583°WCoordinates: 41°22′N 74°35′W / 41.367°N 74.583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Orange |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Council |
| • Town Supervisor | George J. Hossann, Jr. (R) |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 30.5 sq mi (79.1 km2) |
| • Land | 30.3 sq mi (78.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.3 sq mi (0.7 km2) |
| Elevation | 981 ft (299 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 4,616 |
| • Density | 150/sq mi (58/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 36-30631 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979023 |
Greenville is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 4,616 at the 2010 census.
The Town of Greenville is located along the south county line, which is also the state line.
Unique among Orange County towns, Greenville has neither cities nor villages, and most of the communities are small clusters of houses. (Residents of the town get their mail through the Port Jervis or Middletown post office.) Greenville is near Exit 2 off Interstate 84, which features the town's firehouse and a few other businesses.
The oldest settlement in Greenville is Smiths Corners, named after Elijah Smith and founded at the end of the Revolutionary War. Settlement was first established here in 1750. Building began again in 1754 then ceased when money from the Crown was revoked. Building did not begin again until the late 1790s. The Town of Greenville separated from Minisink in 1853.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 30.5 square miles (79 km2), of which 30.3 square miles (78 km2) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2), or 0.85%, is water.
US 6, the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, is an important east-west highway. Interstate 84 parallels US 6 across the town.
The southern town line is the state line of New Jersey.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,800 people, 1,243 households, and 1,024 families residing in the town. The population density was 125.6 people per square mile (48.5/km²). There were 1,365 housing units at an average density of 45.1 per square mile (17.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 95.13% White, 1.26% African American, 0.29% Native American, 1.05% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.13% from other races, and 1.11% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.47% of the population.
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