Jewett is a

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centrally located in

Greene County, New York Greene County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,931. Its county seat is Catskill. The county's name is in honor of the American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene. The c ...

, United States. The population was 879 at the 2020 census.U.S. Census Bureau,
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. The town is named for Freeborn G. Jewett, justice of the

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History

The area was first settled '' circa'' 1784. The town of Jewett was formed in 1849 from the towns of

Hunter Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to obtain the animal's body for meat and useful animal products ( fur/ hide, bone/tusks, ...

and Lexington.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.34%, is water. The town is in the

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and in the

Catskill Park The Catskill Park is in the Catskill Mountains in the U.S. state of New York. It consists of of land inside a Blue Line in four counties: Delaware, Greene, Sullivan, and Ulster. As of 2005, or 41 percent of the land within, is owned by ...

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 970 people, 405 households, and 279 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 1,026 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 97.73%

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, 0.10%

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, 0.93% Asian, 0.31% from other races, and 0.93% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.99% of the population. There were 405 households, out of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.5% were

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living together, 5.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.89. In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.0% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 31.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.3 males. The median income for a household in the town was $41,172, and the median income for a family was $46,250. Males had a median income of $35,909 versus $25,000 for females. The

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for the town was $22,440. About 8.1% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the

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, including 22.2% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.

Communities and locations in Jewett

*Beaches Corners – A location north of South Jewett. *East Jewett – A hamlet in the eastern part of the town. *Jewett – The hamlet of Jewett is in the northwestern part of the town. *Jewett Center – A hamlet south of Jewett village on Route 17. *South Jewett A hamlet on Route 23A west of the village of Hunter. *West Jewett – A hamlet southwest of Jewett village.

References

External links

Town of Jewett official website
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