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Blooming Grove, New York | |
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 Round Hill fromNew York State Route 208 in 2006 | |
 Location inOrange County and the state ofNew York. | |
  Blooming Grove, New York Location within the state of New York | |
| Coordinates:41°26′N74°10′W / 41.433°N 74.167°W /41.433; -74.167 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Orange |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Council |
| • Town Supervisor | Robert C. Jeroloman |
| • Town Council | Members' List
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| Area | |
• Total | 35.35 sq mi (91.56 km2) |
| • Land | 34.74 sq mi (89.97 km2) |
| • Water | 0.62 sq mi (1.60 km2) |
| Elevation | 374 ft (114 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 18,811 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 10914 (Also serviced by the Monroe post office ZIP 10950) |
| Area code | 845 |
| FIPS code | 36-07003 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0978739 |
| Website | Town website |
Blooming Grove is atown inOrange County,New York, United States. The population was 18,811 at the 2020 census. It is located in the central part of the county, southwest ofNewburgh.
Vincent Mathews was likely the earliest settler who purchased theRip Van Dampatent in 1721, built a grist mill and named his settlement "Mathewsfield."[2] He is the father ofDavid Mathews, aLoyalist who wasMayor of New York during theAmerican Revolutionary War, and Fletcher Mathews, also a Loyalist and alleged abettor to schemes against the newly forming republic.
The town of Blooming Grove was formed from the town ofCornwall in 1799. In 1830, the town ofHamptonburgh was established from part of Blooming Grove. Another part of Blooming Grove was taken to form the town ofChester in 1845. The village ofSouth Blooming Grove was incorporated in July 2006.
Andrew Jackson Davis, the "Poughkeepsie Seer", was born in Blooming Grove in 1826.[3]
TheBrotherhood Winery inWashingtonville is the oldest continuously operatingwinery in the United States, having been established in 1839.
According toUnited States Census Bureau data, the town has a total area of 35.3 square miles (91 km2), of which 34.8 square miles (90 km2) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) (1.42%) is water.
The concurrentNew York State Route 17 andU.S. Route 6 pass through the south of Blooming Grove.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1800 | 1,611 | — | |
| 1810 | 1,759 | 9.2% | |
| 1820 | 2,219 | 26.2% | |
| 1830 | 2,099 | −5.4% | |
| 1840 | 2,396 | 14.1% | |
| 1850 | 2,184 | −8.8% | |
| 1860 | 2,248 | 2.9% | |
| 1870 | 2,502 | 11.3% | |
| 1880 | 2,444 | −2.3% | |
| 1890 | 2,236 | −8.5% | |
| 1900 | 2,188 | −2.1% | |
| 1910 | 2,110 | −3.6% | |
| 1920 | 1,881 | −10.9% | |
| 1930 | 1,922 | 2.2% | |
| 1940 | 2,312 | 20.3% | |
| 1950 | 2,410 | 4.2% | |
| 1960 | 3,777 | 56.7% | |
| 1970 | 8,813 | 133.3% | |
| 1980 | 12,339 | 40.0% | |
| 1990 | 16,673 | 35.1% | |
| 2000 | 17,351 | 4.1% | |
| 2010 | 18,028 | 3.9% | |
| 2020 | 18,811 | 4.3% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[4] | |||
As of thecensus of 2010,[5] there were 18,028 people, 6,284 households, and 4,750 families residing in the town. The population density was 510.7 inhabitants per square mile (197.2/km2). There were 6,954 housing units at an average density of 197 per square mile (76/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 84.5%white, 6.2%African American, .5%Native American, 2.2%Asian, .02%Pacific Islander, 3.8% fromother races, and 2.6% from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino of any race were 15% of the population.
Of the town's 6,284 households, 39.5% contained children under the age of 18, 62% weremarried couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.4% were non-families. Nearly 20% of households had only one member and 6.4% of households consisted only of someone 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.86 and the average family size was 3.33. The town's population has a wide age distribution, with 25.3% under the age of 18 and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.8 years. The population was 49.3% male and 50.7% female.
According to the 2013American Community Survey,[5] the median income for a household in the town was $89,327, and the median income for a family was $100,142. Full-time, year-round male workers had a median income of $65,685 versus $50,835 for females. Theper capita income for the town was $34,472. About 3.2% of families and 6.2% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 8.8% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over.
For people 5 years of age and older, an estimated 83.7% spoke onlyEnglish, 12.1% could speakSpanish and 21.9% spoke English less than "very well." An estimated 93.4% of people aged five years and older were born in the United States while 1.8% are not citizens. The most common ancestry groups were overwhelmingly estimated to beIrish,Italian,German and "American."[6]
41°26′N74°10′W / 41.433°N 74.167°W /41.433; -74.167
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