Meredith, New York
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Meredith, New York

Meredith is a town in Delaware County, New York, United States. The population was 1,484 at the 2020 census. It is an interior town in the northern part of the county.

The town was named for Samuel Meredith.

The town was formed in 1800 from parts of the towns of Franklin and Kortright.

The 2010 documentary film Windfall, about the proposed placement of a wind farm in the town, was shot in Meredith.

The MacDonald Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 58.3 square miles (151.0 km2), of which 58.1 square miles (150.5 km2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.6 km2), or 0.37%, is water. The northern half of the town drains west via Ouleout Creek to the Susquehanna River at Unadilla, while the southern half of the town drains south via several streams to the West Branch Delaware River.

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,588 people, 612 households, and 438 families residing in the town. The population density was 27.3 inhabitants per square mile (10.5/km2). There were 816 housing units at an average density of 14.0 per square mile (5.4/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.36% White, 0.19% African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.13% from other races, and 0.69% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.32% of the population.

There were 612 households, out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.7% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.4% were non-families. 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.03.

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