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Gainesville
Total population
224
Median home value
$88,900
Bachelor's+
Median income
$64,750
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Gainesville is an incorporated town in Wyoming County, New York. The population was 2,333 at the 2000 census. The town is named after General Edmund P. Gaines.
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History
The Town of Gainesville was established in 1814 from part of the Town of Warsaw. The original name was "Hebe." The Town of Gainesville is the birthplace of David Starr Jordan, the first president of Stanford University; as well as Ella Hawley Crossett, prominent activist in the women's suffrage movement.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.7 square miles (92.5 km2), of which 35.6 square miles (92.2 km2) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.3 km2) (0.31%) is water. This rural area has traditionally been one of dairy farms and forests. The soils are deep and fertile, though somewhat rolling and rocky, as they were left by the last continental ice sheet.
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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 Gainesville, NY from NOAA NWS API.
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Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
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Largest nearby schools
- PERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · PERRY · 424 students · 8.7:1 ratio
- WARSAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · WARSAW · 376 students · 8.5:1 ratio
- LETCHWORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · GAINESVILLE · 368 students · 9.7:1 ratio
- PERRY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · PERRY · 344 students · 7.6:1 ratio
- LETCHWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · GAINESVILLE · 278 students · 9.3:1 ratio
- LETCHWORTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · GAINESVILLE · 269 students · 9:1 ratio
- WARSAW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · WARSAW · 229 students · 8.8:1 ratio
- WARSAW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · WARSAW · 201 students · 8.4:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
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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