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Altmar
New YorkCDP
Total population
243
Median home value
$88,800
Bachelor's+
Median income
$46,250
Founded
1813
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Altmar is a hamlet in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 407 at the 2010 census.
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History
The community was first settled in 1813 by Peter Henderson. The village was incorporated in 1876 as "Sand Bank." In 1890, the population was 551. On November 10, 2010, residents of Altmar voted to dissolve their village's government under Governor Andrew Cuomo's Government Reorganization and Citizen Empowerment Act, becoming the first village to do so under the act; the margin was a mere six votes. The village board had until May 31, 2011 to draft a plan to dissolve the village's government. The village was dissolved on June 1, 2013 and remains an area within the Town of Albion.
Geography
Altmar is located at (43.511877, −76.000756). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and 0.46% is water.
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Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Altmar, NY from NOAA NWS API.
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Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
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Schools
Largest nearby schools
- ALTMAR-PARISH-WILLIAMSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · PARISH · 602 students · 12:1 ratio
- PULASKI MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOLHigh · PULASKI · 517 students · 11.2:1 ratio
- ALTMAR-PARISH-WILLIAMSTOWN JR/SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · PARISH · 464 students · 9.7:1 ratio
- PULASKI ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · PULASKI · 427 students · 11.9:1 ratio
- SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · SANDY CREEK · 393 students · 14.6:1 ratio
- SANDY CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · SANDY CREEK · 213 students · 9.7:1 ratio
- SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · SANDY CREEK · 186 students · 8.5:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
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Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • iNaturalist
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library