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'''Deposit''' is a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|town]] in [[Delaware County, New York|Delaware County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 1,427.<ref name="census.gov">United States Census Bureau, 2020 U.S. Census Results, Deposit town, Delaware County, New York https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Deposit%20town,%20Delaware%20County,%20New%20York</ref><ref name="GR8" />

In the 1890s, Deposit was a center of publishing with the relocation of the Outing Publishing Company to the town (from New York). Several magazines, including ''The Bohemian'', were published and printed from Deposit. The Outing Publishing Company went out of business a few years after the failure of the Knapp Bros. Bank in 1909.<ref>{{cite news |title=Knapp Banks Fail; Big Loan to Outing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1909/04/10/archives/knapp-banks-fail-big-loan-to-outing-binghamton-trust-co-and-private.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 10, 1909 |access-date=November 3, 2011-11-03}}</ref> [[Charles J. Knapp]] was president of Outing and on the board of Knapp Brothers, which was run by his nephew, Charles P. Knapp.

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=Census of Population and Housing |publisher=Census.gov |access-date=June 4, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="census.gov">United States Census Bureau, 2020 U.S. Census Results, Deposit town, Delaware County, New York https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Deposit%20town,%20Delaware%20County,%20New%20York</ref>

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,687 people, 700 households, and 445 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|39.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,048 housing units at an average density of {{convert|24.4|/sqmimi2|/km2|spdisp=uspreunit|units&nbsp;|units|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 97.27% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.30% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.18% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.47% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.06% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.18% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.53% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.13% of the population.

There were 700 households, out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no partner present, and 36.3% were non-families. 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.4% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $28,750, and the median income for a family was $35,536. Males had a median income of $27,434 versus $20,602 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $15,068. About 11.5% of families and 15.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 26.3% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over.

The [[Cannonsville Reservoir]], which supplies the New York City water system, is located on the West Branch of the Delaware River, {{convert|3|mi|0}} upstream (east) of Deposit. The hamlet of Cannonsville and several others were submerged by the reservoir.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McKinley |first=Jesse |date=July 24, 2015-07-24 |title=Water Recedes and Anxiety Rises After Hole Opens Near Upstate New York Dam |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/nyregion/water-recedes-and-anxiety-rises-after-hole-opens-in-upstate-new-york-dam.html |access-date=December 9, 2022-12-09 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

*'''[[Deposit (village), New York|Deposit]]''' — The eastern section of the Village of Deposit is located north of the Southern Tier Expressway.