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1426:Forest Home
1421:East Ithaca
1393:Trumansburg
1256:County seat
1178:January 31,
1131:January 29,
946:– An
910:South Danby
847:other races
805:2021 (est.)
413:Cayuga Lake
354:Connecticut
96: /
1571:Categories
1544:76°28′51″W
1541:42°21′08″N
1476:West Danby
1456:South Hill
1085:October 7,
1079:Census.gov
1015:References
948:ecovillage
944:White Hawk
903:West Danby
824:As of the
261:feature ID
180:Population
84:76°28′22″W
81:42°20′15″N
1378:Freeville
938:Bald Hill
395:Geography
329:in 1856.
249:FIPS code
215:Time zone
172:Elevation
1441:Newfield
1360:Villages
1345:Newfield
1310:Caroline
1095:cite web
851:Hispanic
841:, 1.06%
837:, 0.17%
833:, 2.69%
323:Caroline
283:New York
253:36-19620
137:Tompkins
125:New York
1488:hamlets
1388:Lansing
1350:Ulysses
1340:Lansing
1325:Enfield
1153:June 4,
1051:July 5,
371:Buffalo
356:in 1811
315:Spencer
293:History
264:0978882
110:Country
1501:Podunk
1436:McLean
1383:Groton
1373:Dryden
1335:Ithaca
1330:Groton
1320:Dryden
1281:Ithaca
1263:Ithaca
952:Ithaca
855:Latino
826:census
680:−10.9%
635:−14.8%
620:−15.1%
605:−16.1%
470:Census
327:Dryden
310:1795.
287:Ithaca
188:3,457
132:County
1486:Other
1471:Varna
1416:Danby
1315:Danby
1302:Towns
895:Danby
843:Asian
831:White
813:−1.0%
808:3,423
795:3,457
785:10.7%
780:3,329
765:3,007
755:16.7%
750:2,858
740:14.4%
735:2,449
720:2,141
710:32.4%
705:2,059
695:24.1%
690:1,555
675:1,253
665:23.1%
660:1,407
650:−7.4%
645:1,143
630:1,235
615:1,449
600:1,707
590:−4.3%
585:2,035
575:−6.0%
570:2,126
560:−6.2%
555:2,261
545:−6.2%
540:2,411
525:2,570
515:24.0%
510:2,481
495:2,001
273:is a
271:Danby
243:(EDT)
241:UTC-4
220:UTC-5
201:3,423
120:State
1496:Etna
1403:CDPs
1273:City
1180:2008
1155:2015
1133:2020
1107:help
1087:2022
1053:2017
1007:The
800:3.8%
791:2020
776:2010
770:5.2%
761:2000
746:1990
731:1980
725:4.0%
716:1970
701:1960
686:1950
671:1940
656:1930
641:1920
626:1910
611:1900
596:1890
581:1880
566:1870
551:1860
536:1850
530:3.6%
521:1840
506:1830
491:1820
479:Note
474:Pop.
419:and
297:The
275:town
259:GNIS
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