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{{distinguish|text=the town of [[Dansville, Steuben County, New York]].}} [[File:Castle on the Hill.jpg|alt=The Castle can barely be seen through the trees|thumb|'''Castle on the Hill in 2023''']] {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Dansville, New York | settlement_type = [[Administrative divisions of New York#Village|Village]] | nickname = | motto = <!-- Images --> | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = <!-- Maps --> | pushpin_map = New York#USA | pushpin_label = Dansville | pushpin_label_position = bottom <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_mapsize = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = <!-- Location --> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[New York (state)|New York]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in New York|County]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Livingston County, New York|Livingston]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Town (New York)|Town]] | subdivision_name3 = [[North Dansville, New York|North Dansville]] | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | established_title = | established_date = <!-- Area --> | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=September 20, 2022}}</ref> | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 6.75 | area_land_km2 = 6.75 | area_water_km2 = 0.00 | area_total_sq_mi = 2.61 | area_land_sq_mi = 2.61 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 <!-- Population --> | population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]] | population_footnotes = | population_total = 4433 | population_density_km2 = 656.36 <!-- 2020 census --> | population_density_sq_mi = 1699.77 <!-- General information --> | timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]] | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = EDT | utc_offset_DST = -4 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 215 | elevation_ft = 705 | coordinates = {{coord|42|33|N|77|41|W|region:US-NY|display=inline,title}} | postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] | postal_code = 14437 | area_code = [[Area code 585|585]] | blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] | blank_info = 36-19664 | blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | blank1_info = 0948024 | website = {{URL|www.dansvilleny.us}} | footnotes = | pop_est_as_of = | pop_est_footnotes = | population_est = }} '''Dansville''' is a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Village|village]] in the [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|town]] of [[North Dansville, New York|North Dansville]], with a small northern part in the town of [[Sparta, New York|Sparta]] in [[Livingston County, New York|Livingston County]], in western [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 4,433.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3619664&tid=DECENNIALSF12010.P1| title=Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Dansville village, New York| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| website=data.census.gov| access-date=June 10, 2020}}</ref> The village is named after Daniel Faulkner, an early European-American settler.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Dansville|volume=7|page=810}}</ref> [[Interstate 390]] passes the west side of the village. == History == [[File:Summer excursion routes and rates (1897) (14756370861).jpg|thumb|left|Sanitorium in 1897]] A [[spa]] was opened in 1854, eventually attracted many prominent people to Dansville for the water cure.<ref name="Cayleff1991">{{cite book |last= Cayleff |first= Susan E. |title=Wash and Be Healed: The Water-Cure Movement and Women's Health |year= 1991 |publisher= Temple University Press |location= Philadelphia |pages=94β95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_FjLO6DwwhMC&q=%22Wash+and+Be+Healed:%22 |isbn=0-87722-859-0 |access-date=August 22, 2020}}</ref> After a quick series of unsuccessful owners, it was purchased in September 1858 by new owners who recruited [[James Caleb Jackson]] as the physician-in-charge.<ref name="Cayleff1991" /> He was assisted by his wife, known as "Mother Jackson", and their adopted daughter, [[Harriet N. Austin|Dr. Harriet Newell Austin]].<ref name="Cayleff1991" /> A Jackson family operation for many years,<ref name="JacksonSanatorium">{{cite book |title=The Jackson Sanatorium |date=1890 |location=Dansville, NY |url=https://archive.org/details/jacksonsanatoriu00buff/page/n5/ |access-date=August 24, 2020}}</ref> the family referred to it as the [[Jackson Sanatorium]] by 1890.<ref name="JacksonSanatorium" /><ref name="Cayleff">{{cite book |last1=Cayleff |first1=Susan |title=Wash and Be Healed: The Water-Cure Movement and Women's Health |date=2010 |publisher=Temple University Press |location=Philadelphia |pages=114β115 |isbn=9781439904275 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtpyJgRT5gcC |access-date=August 25, 2020}}</ref> == Notable people == <!-- Keep names in alphabetical order by surname; make additions in appropriate order; each needs Wikipedia article identifying connection to Dansville, or citation to Reliable Source --> *[[Harriet N. Austin]], physician and dress reform advocate; grew up in Dansville *[[Clara Barton]] resided in Dansville, where she established the first American Red Cross chapter in 1881.<ref name="Clara Barton">{{cite web |first=Mary Jo |last=Marks |title=Clara Barton in Dansville, 1866 and 1876-1886 |url = http://www.dansville.lib.ny.us/clara.html |publisher=Dansville Historical Society |access-date=July 1, 2009}}</ref><ref name="NysNrhpNom">{{cite web |url=https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150701003048/http://cris.parks.ny.gov/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 1, 2015 |title=Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) |publisher=[[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]] |format=Searchable database |access-date=November 1, 2015 }} ''Note:'' This includes {{cite web |url=https://cris.parks.ny.gov/Uploads/ViewDoc.aspx?mode=A&id=36490&q=false |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Dansville |access-date=November 1, 2015 |author=Virginia L. Bartos |format=PDF |date=March 2013}} and [https://cris.parks.ny.gov/Uploads/ViewDoc.aspx?mode=A&id=36492&q=false ''Accompanying photographs'']</ref> *[[Edward T. Fairchild (judge)|Edward T. Fairchild]], Wisconsin jurist; raised in Dansville<ref>"The Blue Book of Wisconsin (1907)," pp. 1126-1127</ref> *[[Millard Fillmore]], 13th president of the United States; resided in the village for several months<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://dansvillelibrary.org/community/dansville-history/|title=Dansville History|date=December 8, 2016|work=Dansville Public Library|access-date=February 1, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[Job E. Hedges]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee for [[governor of New York]] in 1912<ref>{{cite journal |last=Nevin |first=Andrew Parker |date=1925 |title=Memorial of Job E. Hedges |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bP48AAAAIAAJ&q=%22job+e+hedges%22+%22major%22+%22elmer%22&pg=RA4-PA213 |journal=Yearbook of the New York County Lawyers' Association |location=New York, NY |publisher=J. J. Little & Ives |page=213}}</ref> *[[Dennis Walter Hickey]], Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester, New York *[[James Caleb Jackson]], created Granula, the world's first breakfast cereal *[[Andrew J. Lorish]], [[Union Army]] soldier and [[Medal of Honor]] recipient; born in Dansville in 1832 *[[Nathaniel Rochester]], founder of [[Rochester, New York]]. *[[Edwin F. Sweet]], Assistant Secretary of Commerce *[[John Sullivan (1960s catcher)|John Sullivan]], Major League Baseball catcher and coach ==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|6.8|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer 2019">{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_36.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: New York| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| access-date=June 10, 2020}}</ref> The village sits in a glacially formed valley, common throughout western New York. [[Canaseraga Creek]] flows northward just west of the village limits; it is a tributary of the [[Genesee River]]. [[Interstate 390 (New York)|Interstate 390]], [[New York State Route 36]], [[New York State Route 63]], [[New York State Route 256]], and [[New York State Route 436]] pass through the village. It is bordered to the northwest by the unincorporated community of [[Cumminsville, New York|Cumminsville]]. [[Geneseo (village), New York|Geneseo]], the Livingston [[county seat]], is {{convert|18|mi}} to the northwest, [[Hornell, New York|Hornell]] is {{convert|17|mi}} to the south, [[Corning (city), New York|Corning]] is {{convert|51|mi}} to the southeast, and [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]] is {{convert|44|to|53|mi}} to the north, depending on which highway one takes. [[Stony Brook State Park]], with waterfalls, hiking, and swimming, is {{convert|3|mi|0}} south of the village. ==Demographics== {{US Census population |1870= 3387 |1880= 3625 |1890= 3758 |1900= 3633 |1910= 3938 |1920= 4631 |1930= 4928 |1940= 4976 |1950= 5253 |1960= 5460 |1970= 5436 |1980= 4979 |1990= 5002 |2000= 4832 |2010= 4719 |2020= 4433 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref> }} As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 4,832 people, 1,976 households, and 1,246 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|2,042.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,090 housing units at an average density of {{convert|883.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 95.78% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.26% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.23% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.66% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.30% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.77% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.07% of the population. There were 1,912 households, out of which 34.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.8% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.0% 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 3.03. In the village, the population was spread out, with 26.7% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% The median income for a household in the village was $32,903, and the median income for a family was $41,519. Males had a median income of $31,699 versus $25,256 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $15,994. About 12.3% of families and 17.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 17.3% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over. == Infrastructure == [[Image:Bartondansville.jpg|250px|right|thumb|First chapter of the [[American Red Cross]] at the corner of Elizabeth and Ossian Streets]] [[Dansville Municipal Airport]] (DSV) is a general aviation [[airport]] located north of the village. The airport was opened in 1927, primarily by the efforts of [[World War I]] [[aviator]] Lynn Pickard. The New York State Festival of Balloons is held at the airport in early September. A branch of [[Genesee Community College]] is located in Dansville. Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital, a 72-bed acute care hospital, is located on the southern edge of the village on Route 36 adjacent to Exit 4 on Interstate 390. It provides health services to residents of Livingston, [[Allegany County, New York|Allegany]], [[Steuben County, New York|Steuben]] and surrounding counties. ==Culture== Castle on the Hill is a former water cure facility that resembles a castle overlooking Dansville from the hillside. Founded in 1858 by Dr. James Caleb Jackson as "Our Home on the Hillside",<ref name="Cayleff1991p114">Cayleff, Susan E. (1991), p.114</ref> the original building burned in 1882. The present building opened in 1883. It has changed hands several times, becoming a physical fitness hotel (the Physical Culture Hotel) where the rich and famous came from New York City and other areas to "get away from it all". The building now<sup>When?</sup> stands vacant. A grant from New York State for $2.5 million was approved in January 2008 to renovate the former "Jackson Health Resort". ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == {{EB1911 poster|Dansville}} * [https://www.dansvilleny.us/ Village of Dansville official website] * [http://dansville.lib.ny.us Dansville Public Library] * [http://www.nysfob.com/ New York State Festival of Balloons] * [https://archive.today/20131008025649/http://rustytagliareni.blogspot.com/2013/03/castle-on-hill.html "The Castle on the Hill"]: history, present-day photos, and video of the Jackson Sanatorium * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140331204134/http://dansville.lib.ny.us/historyo.html#castle History of the Castle on the Hill] * [http://www.riverflow.com/macfadden/pchotelbrochure/index.html Physical Culture Hotel brochure] {{Livingston County, New York}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Villages in New York (state)]] [[Category:Rochester metropolitan area, New York]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1795]] [[Category:Villages in Livingston County, New York]] [[Category:1795 establishments in New York (state)]]
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