Perry, New York
| Perry | |
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 Location within Wyoming County and New York |
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| Coordinates: 42°42′57″N 78°0′19″W / 42.71583°N 78.00528°WCoordinates: 42°42′57″N 78°0′19″W / 42.71583°N 78.00528°W | |
| Country | USA |
| State | New York |
| County | Wyoming County |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.6 sq mi (94.9 km2) |
| • Land | 36.4 sq mi (94.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,440 ft (440 m) |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2014) | 4,458 |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 36-57254 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979354 |
| Website | www |
Perry is a town in Wyoming County, New York. The population was 4,616 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.
The Town of Perry is on the eastern border of the county. Perry is also the name of a village within the town.
U.S. Route 20A passes across the town.
The Town of Perry was established in 1814 from part of the Town of Leicester (now in Livingston County). It was coincidentally formed at the same time as another town of Perry in Cattaraugus County; that town changed its name to Perrysburgh in 1818 after being split up. Parts of the town of Perry were removed later to form new towns.
Chester A. Arthur, the twenty-first President of the United States spent some of his childhood years in the Village of Perry after being born in Fairfield, Vermont. Irving C. Tomlinson, a Universalist minister who became a prominent Christian Scientist, was born in Perry in 1860.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.6 square miles (94.8 km²), of which 36.4 square miles (94.2 km²) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.6 km²) (0.60%) is water.
The east town line is the border of Livingston County.
Routes 20A, 39, and 246 pass through the town. Route 39 is the village's Main Street.
As of the census of 2010, there were 4,616 people, 1,872 households, and 1,242 families residing in the town. There were 2,190 housing units at an average density of 57.3 per square mile (22.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 96.2% White, 0.5% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 1.3% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.3% of the population.
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