Editing Cuyler, New York

{{Distinguish|Cuylerville, New York}}
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| leader_name        = Louanne Randall ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
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 |2           = • Russell A. Smith ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
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 |4           = • Donald J. Beattie ([[United States Democratic Party|D]])
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'''Cuyler''' is a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|town]] in [[Cortland County, New York|Cortland County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. The population was 908 at the 2020 census.<ref name="USCensus2020">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US3602319499| title=Census - Geography Identifiers| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| accessdate=February 9, 2022}}</ref>

The town is in the northeastern corner of Cortland County and is northeast of the city of [[Cortland, New York|Cortland]].

== History ==

Cuyler was in the former [[Central New York Military Tract]]. The area was first settled ''circa'' 1794. The town was formed from part of the town of [[Truxton, New York|Truxton]] in 1858. In 1865, the population of the town was 1,447.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Child|first=Hamilton|date=1869|title=Early Town Histories|url=https://tromptown.github.io/early-town-histories/|access-date=February 9, 2022|website=Tromptown Historical Society}}</ref>

[[File:Cuyler LVRR station.jpg|left|thumb|The former [[Lehigh Valley Railroad]] station in Cuyler]]

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|112.7|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.08|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 0.07%, is water.<ref name="USCensus2020"/>

The northern town line is the border of [[Onondaga County, New York|Onondaga County]], and the eastern town boundary is the border of [[Madison County, New York|Madison]] and [[Chenango County, New York|Chenango]] counties.

The East Branch of the [[Tioughnioga River]] flows southwest through the town. The entire town is within the watershed of the [[Susquehanna River]].

[[New York State Route 13]] is a northeast-southwest highway in Cuyler.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 1658
|1870= 1357
|1880= 1382
|1890= 1096
|1900= 991
|1910= 881
|1920= 813
|1930= 748
|1940= 708
|1950= 704
|1960= 753
|1970= 836
|1980= 846
|1990= 850
|2000= 1036
|2010= 980
|2020= 908
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=February 9, 2022 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2020, there were 908 people, 306 households in the town. The population density was {{convert|23.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 406 housing units at an average density of {{convert|9.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 92% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.4% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.0% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 5.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.3% of the population. There are zero [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asians]] or [[African American (U.S. Census)|African Americans]] living in Cuyler as of the 2020 census.

There were 306 households, of which 51.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 24.2% had a male householder with no spouse present. The average household size was 2.97.

In the town, the age distribution is 7.2% under the age of 5, 15.7% from 5 to 17, 58.9% from 18 to 64, and 18.2% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a household in the town was $70,323. 15.9% of the population is below the [[poverty line]], including 25.1% of those under age 18.

== Communities and locations in Cuyler ==
*'''Cowles Settlement''' &ndash; A hamlet in the northeastern part of the town by the town line.
*'''Cuyler''' &ndash; The hamlet of Cuyler on [[New York State Route 13|Route 13]].
*'''Cuyler Hill''' &ndash; A hamlet southeast of Cuyler village.
*'''Keeney''' &ndash; A hamlet near the northern town line, north of Tripoli.  The community was once known as "Keeney Settlement."
*'''New Boston''' &ndash; A hamlet in the southern part of the town.
*'''Tripoli''' &ndash; A hamlet northwest of Cuyler village.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.townofcuyler.org/ Town of Cuyler]
* [http://www.deruyter.k12.ny.us/ DeRuyter Central School District]
* [http://history.rays-place.com/ny/cutler-ny.htm Early history of Cuyler]

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{{Cortland County, New York}}

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[[Category:Towns in Cortland County, New York]]
[[Category:Towns in New York (state)]]