Cairo (CDP), New York
census-designated place in Greene County, New York
Cairo is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Cairo in Greene County, New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 1,368 at the 2020 census, out of 6,644 people in the entire town.
Geography
The hamlet of Cairo is located in east-central Greene County at 42°18′9″N 74°0′13″W (42.302637, -74.003818), near the geographic center of the town of Cairo. New York State Route 23 curves through the northern part of the community, leading southeast 9 miles (14 km) to the Rip Van Winkle Bridge over the Hudson River at the village of Catskill, and west 16 miles (26 km) to Windham in the Catskill Mountains. New York State Route 32 joins NY 23 through the northeastern part of the hamlet of Cairo, leading north 10 miles (16 km) to Greenville and south 17 miles (27 km) to Saugerties. New York State Route 145 branches off Route 23 in the northern part of Cairo and leads northwest 30 miles (48 km) to Middleburgh.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.2 square miles (11.0 km2), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km2), or 0.14%, is water. Catskill Creek, a tributary of the Hudson River, flows eastward along the northern edge of the CDP.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,390 people, 600 households, and 361 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 327.1 inhabitants per square mile (126.3/km2). There were 739 housing units at an average density of 173.9 per square mile (67.1/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.60% White, 0.94% Black or African American, 0.43% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 1.44% from other races, and 2.37% from two or more races.
“Cairo (CDP), New York” enters the record as census-designated place in Greene County, New York. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Cairo, York and census-designated can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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