Harford, New York
| Harford, New York | |
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 Location within Cortland County and New York |
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| Coordinates: 42°26′18″N 76°11′59″W / 42.43833°N 76.19972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Cortland |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Council |
| • Town Supervisor | Raymond Marsh (D, R) |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 24.17 sq mi (62.61 km2) |
| • Land | 24.15 sq mi (62.55 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,552 ft (473 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 943 |
| • Density | 39/sq mi (15.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 13784 |
| Area code(s) | 607 |
| FIPS code | 36-32160 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979047 |
Harford is a town in Cortland County, New York, United States. The population was 943 at the 2010 census. Harford is in the southwest corner of Cortland County and is south of Cortland.
Harford was in the former Central New York Military Tract in a tract called "Virgil". The area was first settled around 1803.
The town was established in 1845 from part of the town of Virgil. By 1865, the population was 888.
In the 1970s, Cornell University bought extensive tracts of land for research.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 24.2 square miles (62.6 km2), of which 0.02 square miles (0.06 km2), or 0.09%, is water.
The west town line is the border of Tompkins County, and the south town line is the border of Tioga County.
New York State Route 38 runs diagonally across the southwest corner of Harford. New York State Route 200 intersects New York State Route 221 east of Harford village.
The East Branch of Owego Creek, part of the Susquehanna River watershed, flows southward through the town. The northwest corner of the town drains northward to Virgil Creek, a tributary of Fall Creek, which flows west to Cayuga Lake in Ithaca and is thus part of the Lake Ontario watershed. Because of the steep hills in the north of the town, the larger settlements are in the south part.
As of the census of 2000, there were 920 people, 341 households, and 246 families residing in the town. The population density was 38.1 people per square mile (14.7/km²). There were 363 housing units at an average density of 15.0 per square mile (5.8/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.72% White, 1.30% African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.11% Asian, and 0.65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.22% of the population.
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