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Witherbee, New York

FieldValue
official_nameWitherbee, New York
settlement_typeCensus-designated place
image_skylineFile:Witherbee, New York from Belfry Mountain May 2021.JPG
image_captionView of Witherbee from Belfry Mountain
mapsize260px
pushpin_mapUSA New York
pushpin_labelWitherbee
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1New York
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Essex
subdivision_type3Town
subdivision_name3Moriah
unit_prefImperial
area_footnotes
area_total_sq_mi0.98
area_land_sq_mi0.98
area_water_sq_mi0.00
area_total_km22.54
area_land_km22.54
area_water_km20.00
elevation_m388
population_as_of2020
population_total385
population_density_sq_mi393.26
population_density_km2151.81
timezoneEastern (EST)
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-4
postal_code_typeZIP code
postal_code12998
blank_nameFIPS code
blank_info36-82656

Witherbee is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Moriah in Essex County, New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 347 at the 2010 census. Prior to 2010 the hamlet was part of the Mineville-Witherbee CDP.

Geography

Witherbee is located in the northern part of the town of Moriah and is bordered to the north by the hamlet of Mineville. It is 5 mi northwest of Port Henry, the largest settlement in the town of Moriah.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Witherbee CDP has a total area of 1.90 sqkm, all land.

Demographics

History

Newport Pond, a 25 acre pond beside County Road 6 (Tracy Road) west of Witherbee, is namesake of a former royal fish pond in Newport, Essex, England, original manor of the Howland family ancestor John Howland, 1st Lord Newport Pond of Essex, England (1500–1546). The Witherbee Memorial Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Education

The census-designated place is in the Moriah Central School District.

Notable person

  • Former Major League Baseball pitcher Johnny Podres was born in Witherbee. A monument to him is near the town on Highway 9N, visible as one drives north.

References

References

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau.
  2. (April 2020}}{{cbignore). "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Witherbee CDP, New York". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder.
  3. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
  4. {{NRISref
  5. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Essex County, NY". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].
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