Windham (town), New York Windham, New York Town Location in Greene County and the state of New York Location in Greene County and the state of New York State New York Type Town Council Town Supervisor Robert Pelham Town Council Windham is a town in Greene County, New York, United States.
The populace was 1,703 at the 2010 census. The town was probably titled for the town or county of Windham, Connecticut, as many of its earliest pioneer came from that state as well as other parts of New England.
The town has two nicknames: "Land in the Sky" and "Gem of the Catskills".
Windham is in the west-central part of the county on the northern boundary of the Catskill Park.
4 Communities and locations in the Town of Windham The town was formed from the town of Woodstock in 1798 while still part of Ulster County.
After the formation of Greene County, a several other suburbs were formed from parts of Windham.
These suburbs include Hunter and Lexington (1813), Prattsville (1833), and part of Ashland in 1848.
In 1900, the town's populace was 1,240.
The primary source of income in Windham is the Windham Mountain ski resort, formerly called "Ski Windham".
This ski region brings a lot of its skiers up from the New York City region as well as other areas in the Northeast.
In August 2010, Windham hosted the 2010 World Cup Mountain Bike Race, the first time its finals occurred on American soil in 20 years of competition.
In August 2014, Windham again hosted the World Cup Mountain Bike Race, as the only US stop of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 45.4 square miles (117.6 km ), of which 45.3 square miles (117.3 km ) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km , or 0.22%) is water.
The town is in the Catskill Mountains and partly inside the Catskill State Park.
Climate data for Windham, New York As of the census of 2000, there were 1,660 citizens , 720 homeholds, and 450 families residing in the town.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 98.13% White, 0.36% Black or African American, 0.42% Native American, 0.06% Asian, 0.42% from other competitions, and 0.60% from two or more competitions.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 23.5% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 29.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $36,010, and the median income for a family was $42,961.
The per capita income for the town was $22,344.
About 6.8% of families and 9.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 5.8% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.
Communities and locations in the Town of Windham Batavia Kill A stream flowing through the south part of the town past Maplecrest and Windham.
East Windham A hamlet on the east town line on Route 23.
Hensonville A hamlet in the south part of the town and the locale of the town government.
Mitchell Hollow A locale in the town.
Nauvoo A locale in the town.
North Settlement A hamlet on the west town line, northwest of Windham village.
Maplecrest A hamlet in the Catskill Park near the south town line, originally called "Big Hollow." Windham The hamlet of Windham in the southwest part of the town on Route 23.
It was originally called "Batavia" until that name was taken for a locale in Genesee County, New York around 1802.
Charles John Brown, appointed archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church on November 26, 2011, and presently serving as apostolic nuncio to Ireland; moved to Windham at the age of 11 with his parents and five siblings "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Windham town, Greene County, New York".
"Small NY town feels Irene's "devastating" wrath".
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"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014".
Town of Windham official website Municipalities and communities of Greene County, New York, United States
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