Penn Yan, New York

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Penn Yan, New York
settlement_type = Village
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = New York
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Yates
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area_total_km2 = 6.0
area_land_km2 = 5.9
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 2.3
area_land_sq_mi = 2.3
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population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 5219
population_density_km2 = 887.9
population_density_sq_mi = 2299.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 222
elevation_ft = 728
latd = 42 |latm = 39 |lats = 36 |latNS = N
longd = 77 |longm = 3 |longs = 20 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 14527
area_code = 315
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blank_info = 36-57177
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Penn Yan is a village in Yates County, New York, USA. The population was 5,219 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Yates CountyGR|6. The name is an invention of the early settlers for their community.

The Village of Penn Yan is primarily in the Town of Milo, but a small section is in the Town of Benton.

Penn Yan Airport is south of the village.

Geography

Penn Yan is located at coor dms|42|39|36|N|77|3|20|W|city (42.660089, -77.055447)GR|1. Penn Yan is at the north end of the east branch of Keuka Lake, one of the Finger Lakes.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km²), of which, 2.3 square miles (5.9 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (2.58%) is water.

History

The first frame dwelling at Penn Yan was built in 1799. The village became the county seat in 1823, when Yates county was created, and was incorporated in 1833.

The first settlers were chiefly followers of Jemima Wilkinson (1753-1819), a religious enthusiast, born in Cumberland Township, Providence County, Rhode Island, who asserted that she had received a divine commission. Wilkinson preached in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. Obtaining a large tract (which was called Jerusalem in 1789) in the present Yates county, she founded in 1788 the village of Hopeton on the outlet of Keuka Lake about a mile from Seneca Lake. Many followers settled there, and she herself lived there after 1790. Some of her followers left her before 1800, and then the community gradually broke up.

The name of the village is said to have been contrived from the first syllables of " Pennsylvania " and " Yankee," as most of the early settlers were Pennsylvanians and New Englanders.

Many Amish and Mennonite families are recent arrivals to the area. Beginning in 1974, many Mennonite families moved to Yates County from Lancaster County, PA, seeking cheaper farmland.

The village was the western terminus of the former Crooked Lake Canal.

References

*1911

External links

* [http://www.villageofpennyan.com Village of Penn Yan, NY]
* [http://www.fingerlakes.org/index.htm Finger Lakes information]