Everything about Shortsville New York totally explained
Shortsville is a
village in
Ontario County,
New York,
United States. The population was 1,320 at the 2000 census.
The
Village of Shortsville is in the southwest part of the
Town of Manchester and is north of
Canandaigua, NY.
History
Significant portions of this section are sourced from Conover and Milliken. See "References".
Originally called "Short's Mills," Shortsville began its existence in
1804 when Theophilus Short built two mills on the shores of the Canandiagua Outlet. The village was incorporated in
1889.
Shortsville grew as a mill town and a number of
flour, woolen and paper mills were built in addition to Short's original flour and saw mills.
Significant companies that once inhabited Shortsville include Empire Drill Works, founded by Hiram and Calvin Brown in
1850 and operated until
1900, Shortsville Wheel Company, a manufacturer of carriage and automobile wheels, founded in
1889 and closed in the early 20th century, and Papec Machine Company, a manufacturer of farming implements, which ceased operation in the 1980s.
The first school in the village was built in
1807. A district school was built in
1811 and what would become Shortsville High School was built in
1886. The property where this latter building was located is now occupied by a building and field associated with St. Dominic Church, a parish of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester.
Notable Inhabitants
Geography
Shortsville is located at (42.955047, -77.222810).
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.6
square miles (1.7
km²), all of it land.
County Road 13, which is Main Street in Shortsville, intersects
New York State Route 21 in the west side of the village. Shortsville is about two miles south of both the
New York State Thruway and
New York State Route 96.
Shortsville is immediately south of the
Village of Manchester.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 1,320 people, 508 households, and 368 families residing in the village. The
population density was 2,078.5 people per square mile (796.3/km²). There were 520 housing units at an average density of 818.8/sq mi (313.7/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.18%
White, 0.08%
African American, 0.30%
Native American, 0.30%
Asian, 0.08% from
other races, and 1.06% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 0.91% of the population.
There were 508 households out of which 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.3% were
married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.4% were non-families. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.02.
In the village the population was spread out with 25.6% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $44,432, and the median income for a family was $51,023. Males had a median income of $32,650 versus $24,886 for females. The
per capita income for the village was $20,440. About 2.4% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 3.4% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
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