Spencerport, New York

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Spencerport is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States, and a suburb of Rochester, New York. The population count was 3,559 at the 2000 census.

The Village of Spencerport is within the Town of Ogden and is a village on the Erie Canal.

Spencerport Airpark (D91) is a grass strip general aviation airport south of the village.

1 History
2 Personalities
3 Sites of interest
4 Geography
5 Demographics
6 External links

[edit] History

Spencerport, first called Spencer's Basin, was incorporated in 1867. The village is named after Daniel Spencer, the original landowner.

[edit] Personalities

Spencerport is the hometown of several "celebrities."

Alan Zemaitis, Tampa Bay football cornerback
Danielle Downey, professional LPGA golfer
A.J. Kitt, world class skiier
Martin Sargent, tech personality host of Unscrewed, Webdrifter and noted blogger of SargeWorld
Joey Auch, singer-songwriter
Floyd Seeley, clown
Tony Vinci, author of Stars of Illyria
David Bianchi, multi-media artist
The Barbara Twins, male models
Derek Grey, Harlequin Romance novel model
Karl Slominski and John Kovaleski, aspiring artistists
David Scheer, Christian author and healthy-living choices game creator
Scott Alan Woodard, writer
Kurt Gold, singer/songwriter

[edit] Sites of interest

Erie Canal
Pineway Ponds Park - home to a large playground and multi-use recreation facility
Springdale Farm A premiere agricultural education facility open to the public, and serves as a day program site for adults with developmental disabilities, who maintain the grounds and care for the plants and animals.

[edit] Geography

Spencerport is located at 43°11′22″N, 77°48′15″W (43.189312, -77.804132)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.6 km² (1.4 mi²). 3.5 km² (1.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (2.14%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 3,559 people, 1,413 households, and 1,001 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,010.4/km² (2,609.7/mi²). There were 1,453 housing units at an average density of 412.5/km² (1,065.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.53% White, 0.56% African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.51% Asian, 0.25% from other races, and 0.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.88% of the population.

There were 1,413 households out of which 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.0% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.1% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the village the population was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 91.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $56,850, and the median income for a family was $62,326. Males had a median income of $44,167 versus $29,722 for females. The per capita income for the village was $24,515. About 0.8% of families and 1.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.