Editing Van Buren, New York

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Van Buren, New York
| settlement_type = [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|Town]]
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| leader_name = Darcie Lesniak ([[United States Republican Party|R]]) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://townofvanburen.com/supervisor/ | title=Supervisor – Town of van Buren }}</ref>
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 |1           = • Derek Shepard ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
 |2           = • Harold J. Johnson ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
 |3           = • Mary Frances Sabin ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
 |4           = • Howard Tupper ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
 |5           = • Patricia A. Dickman ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
 |6           = • Ronald H. Dudzinski ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
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| population_total = 14367
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'''Van Buren''' is a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|town]] located  in [[Onondaga County, New York|Onondaga County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 14,367. The town is named after then-Senator [[Martin Van Buren]], who would later become the eighth [[president of the United States]].

The town of Van Buren is located northwest of the city of [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]] and is in the northwest part of the county. The portion of the town north and east of [[New York State Route 690]] and south of the [[Seneca River (New York)|Seneca River]] is suburban in character, consisting primarily of single-family [[tract housing]], some low-rise apartment buildings, park land, and some light industry. The rest of the town is primarily rural.

== History ==
[[Image:Vanburencountryside.JPG|thumb|300px|left|Rolling hills in Van Buren]]

The town was part of the [[Central New York Military Tract]] of 1789 used to pay soldiers for service in the [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]].  Most of the soldiers chose to sell their allotments for cash so that the town was briefly in the hands of land speculators until the actual residents purchased lots.  Settlement began around 1791.

The Town of Van Buren was formed in 1829 from the [[Camillus (town), New York|Town of Camillus]].

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|36.1|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|35.6|sqmi|km2}}  is land and {{convert|0.6|sqmi|km2}}  (1.52%) is water.

Van Buren is bordered on the north and west by the Seneca River.  Its neighbor across the river is the Town of Lysander.  On the southwest, Van Buren is bordered by the Town of Elbridge;  on the south, the Town of Camillus;  and on the east, the Town of Geddes.

Van Buren contains the southern portion of the Village of Baldwinsville, which was incorporated in 1848.  The northern part of the Village of Baldwinsville is in the Town of Lysander.  The Baldwinsville Central School District, formed in 1949, includes most of the area of both Van Buren and Lysander.

The [[New York State Thruway]] ([[Interstate 90 in New York|Interstate 90]]) crosses the south part of Van Buren.  [[New York State Route 690]] is a limited access highway connecting with Thruway Exit 39 and bypassing Baldwinsville on the west.  [[New York State Route 31]] runs northeast–southwest through Van Buren, connecting Baldwinsville and Jordan.  [[New York State Route 173]] runs northwest—southeast, connecting Van Buren with Fairmount and Onondaga Hill.  [[New York State Route 48]] follows the course of the Seneca River in the eastern part of Van Buren; prior to the construction of Route 690, it carried much of the traffic between Baldwinsville and Syracuse.  County and town roads complete the highway net.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1830 = 2890
| 1840 = 3021
| 1850 = 3873
| 1860 = 3037
| 1870 = 3038
| 1880 = 3091
| 1890 = 3444
| 1900 = 3297
| 1910 = 3260
| 1920 = 3425
| 1930 = 3814
| 1940 = 3691
| 1950 = 4900
| 1960 = 8754
| 1970 = 11859
| 1980 = 12585
| 1990 = 13367
| 2000 = 12667
| 2010 = 13185
| 2020 = 14367
| 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 12,667 people, 5,288 households, and 3,384 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|356.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2}}. There were 5,618 housing units at an average density of {{convert|158|PD/sqmi|PD/km2}}. The racial makeup of the town was 97.05% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.80% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.51% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.41% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.17% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.06% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.75% of the population.

There were 5,288 households, out of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.0% were non-families. 30.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.95.

[[Image:Vanburennewhomes.JPG|thumb|300px|right|[[Tract housing]] in Van Buren]]
In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.6% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $43,003, and the median income for a family was $50,724. Males had a median income of $37,230 versus $26,842 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $20,997. About 4.9% of families and 6.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.6% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.townofvanburen.com  Town of Van Buren official website]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyononda/VANBUREN/VANBUREN.HTM  Van Buren history/genealogy]

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[[Category:Towns in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Syracuse metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Towns in Onondaga County, New York]]