Lee, New York
| Lee, New York | |
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| Town | |
 Location in Oneida County and the state of New York. |
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| Coordinates: 43°18′31″N 75°30′46″W / 43.30861°N 75.51278°WCoordinates: 43°18′31″N 75°30′46″W / 43.30861°N 75.51278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Oneida |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Council |
| • Town Supervisor | John C. Urtz (D) |
| • Town Clerk | Sharon Mortis (R) |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 45.6 sq mi (118.0 km2) |
| • Land | 45.2 sq mi (117.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 938 ft (286 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,486 |
| • Density | 140/sq mi (55/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 13363 |
| Area code(s) | 315 |
| FIPS code | 36-41762 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979137 |
Lee is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 6,486 at the 2010 census.
The Town of Lee is northwest of Rome, New York.
The Town of Lee was formed from the Town of Western in 1811. The town was named after Revolutionary War General Charles Lee.
About 1910, the Rome & Osceola Railroad was organized and the rails laid as far as Lee Center, with grading completed along much of the route, intended to carry timber from Tug Hill to a tie plant on the site of the Rite Aid warehouse on Rt 69 in Rome.
George W. Kingsbury, for whom (with his brother), the county of Kingsbury, South Dakota, is named, was born in Lee on Dec 16, 1837.
West Lee was home to a large canning factory.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 45.5 square miles (118 km2), of which, 45.2 square miles (117 km2) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) of it (0.83%) is water.
Delta Reservoir, also called Delta Lake, is partly in the southeast part of the town, created in 1911 as a feeder for the New York State Barge Canal by flooding the Village of Delta.
As of the census of 2000, there were 6,875 people, 2,563 households, and 1,970 families residing in the town. The population density was 152.2 people per square mile (58.8/km²). There were 2,699 housing units at an average density of 59.8 per square mile (23.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.41% White, 0.86% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.22% from other races, and 0.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.80% of the population.
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