Sylvan Beach, New York
| Sylvan Beach, New York | |
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| Village | |
Sylvan Beach Union Chapel
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 Location in Oneida County and the state of New York. |
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| Coordinates: 43°12′16″N 75°43′35″W / 43.20444°N 75.72639°WCoordinates: 43°12′16″N 75°43′35″W / 43.20444°N 75.72639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Oneida |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.8 sq mi (2.0 km2) |
| • Land | 0.7 sq mi (1.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 374 ft (114 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 897 |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 13157 |
| Area code(s) | 315 |
| FIPS code | 36-72521 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0966955 |
Sylvan Beach is a village in Oneida County, New York, United States; in the southeastern end of the Town of Vienna. In 2015, the year-round population of Sylvan Beach was estimated to be 892 persons.
Before European exploration began, the area was used by Native Americans, mostly for its supply of fish. Many of the areas surrounding Oneida Lake have actually been bearers of artifacts that have helped us learn more about Native Americans. The Oneidas and the Onondagas, of the Iroquois Confederacy chose to settle in the Oneida Lake region.
The community was founded around 1840. Public transportation, in the form of railroads and ferries, made the village a desirable resort community since the 19th century. The Village of Sylvan Beach was incorporated in 1971.
The Sylvan Beach Union Chapel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
Sylvan Beach is located at 43°12′16″N 75°43′35″W / 43.20444°N 75.72639°W (43.204358, -75.726428).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), of which, 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) of it (3.95%) is water.
Sylvan Beach is on the east shore of Oneida Lake and is adjacent to the Erie Canal, which made the village a convenient shipping port for all of the lake in the 1820s.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,071 people, 472 households, and 279 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,458.4 people per square mile (566.5/km²). There were 847 housing units at an average density of 1,153.4 per square mile (448.0/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.76% White, 0.75% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.28% Asian, 0.37% from other races, and 0.65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.65% of the population.
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