Lima (village), New York

Lima, New York
Village
Lima, New York Location within the state of New York
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Livingston
Area
• Total	1.4 sq mi (3.6 km2)
• Land	1.4 sq mi (3.6 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation	827 ft (252 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	2,139
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	14485
Area code(s)	585
FIPS code	36-42323
GNIS feature ID	0955333

Lima is a village in Livingston County, New York, USA. The population was 2,139 at the 2010 census.

The Village of Lima is in the Town of Lima and is nineteen miles south of the city of Rochester, NY.

History

The village was founded in 1788 by Paul Davison and Jonathan Gould, veterans of the Sullivan Campaign, who had seen the area during the American Revolution. The Village of Lima was organized in 1797 as the "Village of Charleston," but in 1808 the name was changed to "Lima" (after Old Lyme, Connecticut). (For that reason, the name of the village is currently pronounced like the name of the bean, not like the name of the city in Peru).

The Genesee Wesleyan Seminary (1830) / Genesee College (1849) was one of the first co-educational schools in the country when it first opened in 1822. Eventually, determined by a Methodist-Episcopal convention in 1870, the college was shut in favor of the newly developed Syracuse University (1871), over the protests of the residents of Lima.

Notable residents

• Belva Ann Lockwood, first female attorney to practice before the Supreme Court.
• Kenneth Keating, U.S. Representative, Senator, and U.S. Ambassador to Israel.
• James Edward Quigley, former Archbishop of Chicago
• W. W. Thayer, former Governor of Oregon

National Register of Historic Places

The following sites are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Alverson-Copeland House	Upload image	August 31, 1989 (#89001133)	1612 Rochester St.	Lima
2	Barnard Cobblestone House	Barnard Cobblestone House	August 31, 1989 (#89001122)	7192 W. Main St.	Lima
3	Bristol House	Bristol House	August 31, 1989 (#89001135)	1950 Lake Ave.	Lima
4	Cargill House	Upload image	August 31, 1989 (#89001126)	1839 Rochester St.	Lima
5	Clark Farm Complex	Upload image	August 31, 1989 (#89001125)	7646 E. Main Rd.	Lima
6	Dayton House	Upload image	August 31, 1989 (#89001131)	7180 W. Main St.	Lima
7	William DePuy House	Upload image	August 31, 1989 (#89001127)	1825 Genesee St.	Lima
8	Draper House	Upload image	August 31, 1989 (#89001140)	1764 Rochester St.	Lima
9	Genesee Wesleyan Seminary and Genesee College Hall	Genesee Wesleyan Seminary and Genesee College Hall	July 19, 1976 (#76001227)	College St.	Lima
10	Harden House	Upload image	August 31, 1989 (#89001142)	7343 E. Main St.	Lima
11	William Harmon House	Upload image	August 31, 1989 (#89001130)	1847 Genesee St.	Lima
12	Hillcrest	Hillcrest	May 6, 1980 (#80002648)	7242 W. Main St.	Lima
13	Morgan Cobblestone Farmhouse	Morgan Cobblestone Farmhouse	August 31, 1989 (#89001118)	6870 W. Main Rd.	Lima
14	J. Franklin Peck House	J. Franklin Peck House	August 31, 1989 (#89001128)	7347 E. Main St.	Lima
15	St. Rose Roman Catholic Church Complex	Upload image	August 25, 1988 (#88001345)	Lake Ave.	Lima
16	School No. 6	School No. 6	August 31, 1989 (#89001121)	6679 Jenks Rd.	Lima
17	Spencer House	Upload image	August 31, 1989 (#89001124)	7372 E. Main St.	Lima
18	Stanley House	Upload image	August 31, 1989 (#89001129)	7364 E. Main St.	Lima
19	William L. Vary House	Upload image	August 31, 1989 (#89001141)	7378 E. Main St.	Lima
20	Asahel Warner House	Upload image	August 31, 1989 (#89001139)	7136 W. Main St.	Lima
21	Matthew Warner House	Matthew Warner House	August 31, 1989 (#89001138)	7449 E. Main St.	Lima

Geography

Lima is located at (42.906511, -77.612808).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km²).None of the area is covered with water.

Lima is at the intersection of conjoined New York State Route 5/US Route 20 (in part, Avon Lima Road and East Main Street) and New York State Route 15A (in part Rochester Road and Plank Road). The village is four miles east of Interstate 390.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1870	1,257		—
1880	1,878		49.4%
1890	1,003		−46.6%
1900	949		−5.4%
1910	866		−8.7%
1920	843		−2.7%
1930	897		6.4%
1940	942		5.0%
1950	1,147		21.8%
1960	1,366		19.1%
1970	1,686		23.4%
1980	2,025		20.1%
1990	2,165		6.9%
2000	2,459		13.6%
2010	2,139		−13.0%
Est. 2014	2,107		−1.5%
U.S. Decennial Census

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,459 people, 770 households,and 532 families. The population density was 1,783.4 people per square mile (688.0/km²). There were 800 housing units at an average density of 580.2 per square mile (223.8/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 95.65% White, 1.46% Black or African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.73% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 0.49% from other races, and 1.14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.71% of the population.

There were 770 households out of which 36.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.3% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.9% 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 3.15.

In the village the population was spread out with 22.6% under the age of 18, 19.0% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 95.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.9 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $41,646, and the median income for a family was $52,102. Males had a median income of $29,966 versus $25,429 for females. The per capita income for the village was $15,622. 5.3% of the population and 3.4% of families were below the poverty line. 3.4% of those under the age of 18 and 6.6% of those 65 and older are all living below the poverty line.

External links

• Village of Lima, NY webpage