Editing Delmar, New York

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| subdivision_name3       = [[Albany County, New York|Albany County]]
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| subdivision_name4       = [[Bethlehem, New York|Bethlehem]]
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'''Delmar''' is a [[Hamlet (New York)|hamlet]] in the [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|Town]] of [[Bethlehem, New York|Bethlehem]], in [[Albany County, New York]], United States. It is a suburb of the neighboring city of [[Albany, New York|Albany]]. The community is bisected by [[NY Route 443]] (Delaware Avenue), a major thoroughfare, [[main street]], and route to Albany.

A [[census-designated place]] (CDP) has been established since 1980 by the [[U.S. Census Bureau]] for tabulating the population of what the census has defined as the boundaries of the urbanized area in and around Delmar. The population was 8,292 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]],<ref name="2000 Census Gazetteer">
  {{cite web
 |url=https://www.census.gov/tiger/tms/gazetteer/places2k.txt
 |title=Places
 |work=Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files
 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
 |access-date=January 13, 2013
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061024071901/http://www.census.gov/tiger/tms/gazetteer/places2k.txt
 |archive-date=October 24, 2006
}}
</ref> but it was not included as a CDP in the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="2010 Census Gazetteer">
  {{cite web
 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/2010_place_list_36.txt
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217141823/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/2010_place_list_36.txt
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-date=February 17, 2013
 |title=Places: New York
 |work=Census 2010 Gazetteer Files
 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
 |access-date=January 13, 2013
}}
</ref><ref>
  {{cite web
  | url = https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-34.pdf
  | title = New York: 2010, Population and Housing Unit County, 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-34)
  | date = June 2012
  | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]
  | access-date = January 13, 2013
  | quote = Deleted CDPs: Coeymans (part annexed to Ravena village), Delmar, and Medusa.
  }}
</ref>

In 2005, CNN/Money Magazine named the Delmar [[ZIP Code]] (an area larger than the Delmar hamlet or CDP) as one of the "Best Places to Live" in America, rating it the 22nd best place to live among what it called "Great American Towns."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2005/07/11/daily34.html | title = Delmar makes list of best places to live | author = Robin Wood | publisher = Albany Business Review | date = July 14, 2005 | access-date = 2010-02-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2005/top100/top100_1.html | title = Best Places to Live: Top 100 Finalists | publisher = CNN, A Time Warner Company | access-date = 2010-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012021012/https://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2005/top100/top100_1.html |archive-date=2010-10-12}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:DelmarRRStation.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Albany and Susquehanna Railroad's Delmar Station, 1907]]
Nathaniel Adams moved to the area in 1836 and, two years later, built a large hotel and made other improvements. When the first [[post office]] was built in 1840, he became the first post master.<ref name=early/> The Adams Hotel was [[Bethlehem, New York|Bethlehem]]'s Town Hall from 1950-1980.<ref name=Historian/> In 1841, Nathaniel donated an acre of land for a chapel to be built so that those of the [[Dutch Reformed Church]] did not have to travel to Unionville to attend worship though this new church continued to be under the Union Reformed Church. In 1847, the members of the Reformed Church at Adams Station petitioned for their own organization separate from Union, and in 1848 this was granted by both the Union Reformed Church and the [[Classis (ecclesiastical)|Classis]] of Albany.<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nWkJAQAAIAAJ&q=lisha%27s+kill&pg=PA940 | page = 784 | title = Bi-Centennial History of Albany: History of the County of Albany from 1609-1886 | author = George Howell and Jonathan Tenney | publisher = W.W. Munsell and Company | access-date = 2010-02-10 | year = 1886}}</ref> For Nathaniel Adams, Delmar received its early name of Adamsville.<ref name=early>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nWkJAQAAIAAJ&q=lisha%27s+kill&pg=PA940 | page = 781 | title = Bi-Centennial History of Albany: History of the County of Albany from 1609-1886 | author = George Howell and Jonathan Tenney | publisher = W.W. Munsell and Company | access-date = 2010-02-10 | year = 1886}}</ref>

[[File:Delmarmap1891.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Map of Delmar in 1891]]
After Adamsville received its post office, mail began to get confused with the town of [[Adams, New York]], which also had an [[Adams (village), New York|Adams Village]]. The name of the post office was changed to Adams Station in an attempt to relieve that confusion. The [[Albany and Susquehanna Railroad]], which had a station on Adams Street north of Kenwood Avenue, however, had chosen to change from Adamsville to ''Delmar''. In 1892, a petition by area residents to change the post office to match Delmar was accepted.<ref name=Historian>{{cite web|title=Town of Bethlehem, NY History |publisher=Town of Bethlehem |url=http://www.townofbethlehem.org/pages/about/history.asp |access-date=2010-02-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121213634/http://www.townofbethlehem.org/pages/about/history.asp |archive-date=November 21, 2009 }}</ref>

The [[Patterson Farmhouse (Delmar, New York)|Patterson Farmhouse]], [[United States Post Office (Delmar, New York)|United States Post Office]], and [[Van Derheyden House]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
As a hamlet, the borders of Delmar are indeterminate, though generally the unincorporated village is considered to be centered on the intersection of Kenwood and Delaware avenues. According to the [[2000 United States Census]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|4.382|sqmi|2}}, all land.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref><ref name="2000 Census Gazetteer"/> A CDP's borders can, however, change from census to census. As of 2000, the border followed the Normans Kill to the north, and then for the western border it travels south on McCormack Road North to Cherry Ave Extension ([[New York Route 140]]) where it turns left and then right on to McCormack Road. At Bridge Avenue, in the neighboring hamlet of Slingerlands, the CDP's border turns left, and then right onto Albany County Route 52 (Cherry Ave/Elm Ave). The border then turns east (left) onto the Delmar Bypass ([[New York Route 32]]) to Elsmere Avenue ([[New York Route 335]]), where it then travels north. At the intersection of Elsmere Avenue with Delaware Avenue, the border turns east onto the latter. At Salisbury Road, the Delmar CDP border carves a small enclave by turning left onto said road and then right onto Normanside Avenue, then by turning onto Euclid Avenue it travels back southeast to Delaware Avenue once again. After another small jog on Delaware Avenue, the border turns left for Normanskill Boulevard opposite the Delaware Plaza. After turning right onto Bethlehem Court, the border then travels in a straight northeastern line to intersect again at the Normanskill.<ref>{{cite web|title=Delmar CDP, New York Reference Map |publisher=US Bureau of Census |format=map |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US3620148&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |access-date=February 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606041744/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US3620148&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |archive-date=June 6, 2011 }}</ref>

Several small creeks and streams flow through Delmar; generally north of Delaware Avenue they flow north to the [[Normans Kill]]; south of Delaware Avenue is Dowers [[Kill (body of water)|Kill]] which is a south-flowing tributary of the [[Vloman Kill]].

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
| 1980 | 8423
| 1990 | 8360
| 2000 | 8292
| title       = Delmar Historical Populations
| type        = USA
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| width       = 17em
| footnote    = '''Sources''': Censuses 1980;<ref name=Census1980>{{cite book | title = 1980 Census of Population; Volume 1: Characteristics of the Population | page = 34-10 | access-date = 2010-02-13 | year = 1980 | publisher = United States Census Bureau | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PpUXAAAAYAAJ&q=roessleville+1980+census&pg=SA34-PA10}}</ref> and 1990 and 2000.<ref name="GR2" />
}}

As of the [[census]] of 2000,<ref name="GR2" /> there were 8,292 people, 3,420 households, and 2,373 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|1,892.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,501 housing units at an average density of {{convert|799.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.61% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.24% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.18% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.12% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]],  0.01% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.25% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.58% from two or more races. 1.23% of the population were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 3,420 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.6% were non-families. 26.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 28.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.9 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $64,438, and the median income for a family was $83,219. Males had a median income of $57,038 versus $37,133 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $35,363. 2.4% of the population and 1.7% of families were below the [[poverty line]]. Out of the total population, 3.0% of those under the age of 18 and 0.8% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

==Education==
Residents in the former Delmar CDP are zoned to [[Bethlehem Central School District]]<!--UNI 04710-->.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36001_albany/DC20SD_C36001.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Albany County, NY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-07-30}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36001_albany/DC20SD_C36001_SD2MS.txt Text list] - Delmar CDP is not directly indicated on this map, so please compare with the 2000 census block map.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st36_NewYork/Place/3620148_Delmar/CBP3620148_001.pdf|title=CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: DELMAR CDP|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-07-30}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Edward Burton Hughes]] (1905-6 June 1987) — transportation commissioner; longtime resident
*[[Megyn Kelly]] — American journalist and media personality
*[[Murder of Peter Porco|Christopher Porco]] — convicted of the attempted murder of his mother and murder of his father
*[[Eva Marie Saint]] — film actress over seven decades
*[[Portia Wu]] — secretary of the [[Maryland Department of Labor]]

==References==
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{{Geographic Location
| Centre    = Hamlet of Delmar
| North     = City of [[Albany, New York|Albany]]
| Northeast = Hamlet of [[Elsmere, New York|Elsmere]]
| East      = 
| Southeast = Hamlet of Bethlehem Center
| South     = Hamlet of Houcks Corners
| Southwest = Town of [[New Scotland, New York|New Scotland]]<br/><small>Hamlet of Unionville</small>
| West      = Hamlet of [[Slingerlands, New York|Slingerlands]]
| Northwest = 
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{{Albany County, New York}}
{{Capital District}}
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[[Category:Hamlets in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Bethlehem, New York]]
[[Category:Hamlets in Albany County, New York]]
[[Category:Former census-designated places in New York (state)]]