Conesus Lake, New York

Census-designated place in New York, United States
42°46′32″N 77°42′49″W / 42.77556°N 77.71361°W / 42.77556; -77.71361CountryUnited StatesStateNew YorkCountyLivingstonTownsConesus, Geneseo, Groveland, LivoniaArea • Total9.41 sq mi (24.38 km2) • Land4.36 sq mi (11.30 km2) • Water5.05 sq mi (13.08 km2)Elevation
817 ft (249 m)Population
 (2020)
 • Total2,270 • Density520.52/sq mi (200.95/km2)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code585GNIS feature ID2584248[2]FIPS code36-17622

Conesus Lake is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Livingston County, New York, United States. Its population was 2,584 as of the 2010 census.[3] The community is located in the towns of Geneseo, Livonia, Groveland, and Conesus and covers Conesus Lake, the westernmost of New York's Finger Lakes, and nearly all of the lake's shoreline communities.[4]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of 9.4 square miles (24 km2); 4.4 square miles (11 km2) of its area are land, and 5.1 square miles (13 km2) are water.[5] It is bordered to the north by the hamlet of Lakeville at the lake's outlet in the town of Livonia.

New York State Route 256 (West Lake Road) follows the western shore of the lake, and East Lake Road runs along the eastern side. The lake is 7.6 miles (12.2 km) long from north to south, with an east-west width of about 0.6 miles (1.0 km), while the CDP measures slightly over 8 miles (13 km) from north to south and about 1 mile (1.6 km) from east to west.

Geneseo, the Livingston county seat, is 5 miles (8 km) west of the center of the CDP.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20202,270—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "Conesus Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Conesus Lake CDP, New York". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  4. ^ Nice, Ed NiceEd (April 30, 2023). "The Cleanest and Dirtiest Lakes In America Are In New York State". 94.3 Lite FM - Feel Good Variety While You Work. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  5. ^ "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: New York". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  6. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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