Editing Kendall, New York

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Kendall, New York
| settlement_type    = [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|Town]]
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| image_caption      = View of Lake Ontario from the Lake Ontario State Parkway in Kendall
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| image_map          = Orleans County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Kendall highlighted.svg
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| map_caption        = Location in [[Orleans County, New York|Orleans County]] and the state of [[New York (state)|New York]].
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| map_caption1       = Location of New York in the United States

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| subdivision_name1  = [[New York (state)|New York]]
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Orleans County, New York|Orleans]]
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| population_total   = 2724
| population_density_km2 = 31.00
| population_density_sq_mi = 80.28

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| elevation_m        = 100
| elevation_ft       = 328
| coordinates        = {{coord|43|20|9|N|78|2|55|W|region:US-NY|display=inline}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 14476/14508
| area_code          = [[Area code 585|585]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 36-39188
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0979114
| website            = {{URL|https://www.townofkendall.com/}}
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| pop_est_as_of      = 2016
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| population_est     = 2638
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'''Kendall''' is a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|town]] in [[Orleans County, New York|Orleans County]], just west of the town of [[Hamlin, New York|Hamlin]] in [[Monroe County, New York|Monroe County]], in [[New York (state)|New York State]], United States. The population of Kendall was 2,724 at the 2010 census. The '''Town of Kendall''' is in the northeast corner of Orleans County and is northwest of [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]].

== History ==
The town was part of the Connecticut Tract, also called the 100,000 Acre Tract.

The first settlers arrived ''circa'' 1812. The [[Erie Canal]] opened in 1825, making a ready market for wheat and lumber. It also made the way easier for more settlement. The first [[Norway|Norwegian]] immigrant community in the United States was begun at the Kendall Settlement in 1825. They settled in a body along the lakeshore in the northeast part of town. [[Norwegian-American]] pioneer leader [[Cleng Peerson]] subsequently founded a settlement in the [[Fox Valley (Illinois)|Fox River Valley]] of [[Illinois]] during 1834, near the community of [[Norway, Illinois]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume27/vol27_12.htm |title=''The Kendall Settlement Survived''   (Richard L. Canuteson. Norwegian-American Historical Association. Volume 27: Page 243) |access-date=September 17, 2010 |archive-date=July 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727023218/http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume27/vol27_12.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Town of Kendall was incorporated from the [[Murray, New York|Town of Murray]]. On April 7, 1837, about half of the Town of Murray became the new Town of Kendall. It was formerly called "North Murray" and was  settled slowly due to swampy terrain, being called the "Black North", due to the bogs and forests. The town was named after [[Amos Kendall]], the [[United States Postmaster General|U.S. Postmaster General]] under [[President of the United States|President]]s [[Andrew Jackson]] and [[Martin Van Buren]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.townofkendall.com/tohist.htm |title=''A Brief History of Kendall'' (M. Joette Knapp, Kendall Historian) |access-date=September 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522060958/http://www.townofkendall.com/TOhist.htm |archive-date=May 22, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n172 173]}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|33.0|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|32.9|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} (0.24%) is water.

Kendall borders [[Lake Ontario]] on its north. The eastern boundary, marked by [[New York State Route 272]], is the on [[Monroe County, New York|Monroe County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], ([[Hamlin, New York|Town of Hamlin]]).

The [[Lake Ontario State Parkway]] parallels the shore of Lake Ontario. North-south highway [[New York State Route 237]] (Kendall Highway) intersects east-west highway [[New York State Route 18]] (Roosevelt Highway) south of Kendall village.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1840= 1692
|1850= 2289
|1860= 1920
|1870= 1744
|1880= 1893
|1890= 1775
|1900= 1616
|1910= 1585
|1920= 1275
|1930= 1311
|1940= 1341
|1950= 1343
|1960= 1680
|1970= 2183
|1980= 2388
|1990= 2769
|2000= 2838
|2010= 2724
|estyear=2016
|estimate=2638
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}</ref>
|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|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 2,838 people, 979 households, and 794 families residing in the town.  The population density was {{convert|86.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,103 housing units at an average density of {{convert|33.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the town was 97.04% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.63% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.56% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.18% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.56% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.02% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.20% of the population.

There were 979 households, out of which 37.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.8% were non-families. 14.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.18.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.4% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.7 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.7 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $49,821, and the median income for a family was $50,952. Males had a median income of $36,959 versus $24,309 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $20,373.  About 5.2% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.6% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.

== Communities and locations in Kendall ==
[[File:Morton, NY Post Office.JPG|thumb|The post office for Morton, NY, which is located on County Line Road.]]
*'''Kendall''' - A [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] on NY-237 and the location of the town government.
*'''Kendall Mills''' &ndash; A location on the eastern town line and NY-272, formerly called "Webster Mills."
*'''Lomond Shore''' &ndash; A Lake Ontario shore hamlet next to the Lake Ontario Shore Parkway.
*'''Morton''' &ndash; A hamlet, formerly "East Kendall" and "Clarks Corners", located on the border of Monroe County. It has its own post office located on NY-272 (County Line Road), the zip code being 14508.
*'''Troutburg''' &ndash; A hamlet by Lake Ontario on the east town line.  It was once a lake port.
*'''West Kendall''' &ndash;  A hamlet northwest of Kendall.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.townofkendall.com Official Website, Town of Kendall]
* [http://www.kendallschools.org  Kendall Central Schools]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040912053959/http://www.orleanshistory.org/Towns/kendall.htm Kendall history]
* [http://history.rays-place.com/ny/orle-kendall.htm Early history of Kendall, New York]

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[[Category:Rochester metropolitan area, New York]]
[[Category:Towns in Orleans County, New York]]
[[Category:Towns in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Populated places on Lake Ontario in the United States]]