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{{for|the village of the same name located partly within this town|Deposit (village), New York}}
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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 20102020 census, the town's population was 1,712427.<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" />
 
The town of Deposit is on the western border of the county. It contains a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Village|village]] also named [[Deposit (village), New York|Deposit]], the western portion of which is located in the adjacent town of [[Sanford, New York|Sanford]] in [[Broome County, New York|Broome County]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wikimapia.org/4599570/Village-of-Deposit-New-York | title = Map showing boundaries of Village of Deposit, with border of Town of Deposit (Delaware County) and Town of Sanford (Broome County) | publisher = Wikimapia | accessdateaccess-date = January 7, 2013}}</ref>
 
== History ==
The town name was derived from the deposits of logs made by lumbermen,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://booksarchive.google.comorg/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA104#v=onepage&q&f=falsedetails/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n103 104]}}</ref> prior to forming rafts to float down the [[Delaware River]]; usually to [[Philadelphia]]. The Town of Deposit was organized in 1880 from the western part of the town of [[Tompkins, New York|Tompkins]].
 
[[File:Deposit, N.Y. 1887. LOC 75694764.tif|thumb|[[Perspective map]] and list of landmarks from 1887 by [[L.R. Burleigh]]]]
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 |accessdateaccess-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.
 
== Geography ==
The westwestern town line is the border of [[Broome County, New York|Broome County]]. The village is located at the confluence of Oquaga Creek and the [[West Branch Delaware River|West Branch]] of the [[Delaware River]]. The Southern Tier Expressway ([[New York State Route 17|NY 17]]) follows the westwestern town lineboundary.
 
The southsouthern end of [[New York State Route 8]] is at NY 17 just south of the village of Deposit.
 
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|115.5|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|111.4|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|4.1|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 3.51%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US3602520357| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Deposit town, Delaware County, New York| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdateaccess-date=November 5, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213130343/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US3602520357| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
== Demographics ==
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|2000= 1687
|2010= 1712
|2020= 1427
|estyear=2014
|estimate=1659
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2014">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2014/SUB-EST2014.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
|footnoteestref=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensusUSCensusEst2014">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prodpopest/wwwdata/decennialcities/totals/2014/SUB-EST2014.html |title=CensusAnnual Estimates of the Resident Population andfor HousingIncorporated |publisher=Census.govPlaces: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014|accessdateaccess-date=June 4, 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurlarchive-url=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/6YSasqtfX?url=httpweb/20150523034651/https://www.census.gov/prodpopest/wwwdata/cities/totals/2014/decennialSUB-EST2014.html |archivedatearchive-date=May 1223, 2015 |dfurl-status= dead}}</ref>
|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>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=httphttps://factfinder2www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008access-01-31 |titledate=AmericanJanuary FactFinder31, |deadurl=yes2008 |archiveurltitle=https://webU.archiveS.org/web/20130911234518/http://factfinder2.census.gov/ |archivedate=2013-09-11Census |df=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 people per square mile (15.1|PD/km²)sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,048 housing units at an average density of {{convert|24.4 per square mile (9.4|/km²)mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. 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 husbandpartner 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.
 
==Cannonsville Reservoir Turnover==
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 |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 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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While Deposit is considered a median-based-income town, one of the eight richest properties in New York state is located in this quiet agricultural town, at the rough turnover of the [[Cannonsville Reservoir]]. The reservoir was formed by impounding the West Branch of the Delaware River {{convert|3|mi|0}} upstream (east) of the village of Deposit. It is the westernmost of New York City's reservoirs. Placed in service in 1964, it is the most recently constructed New York City-owned reservoir. The hamlet of Cannonsville was destroyed to make room for the reservoir.
 
It has the largest drainage basin of all of the NYC reservoirs, at {{convert|455|sqmi}}. The reservoir's capacity is {{convert|95.7|e9USgal|m3}}. This water flows over halfway through the reservoir to enter the {{convert|44|mi|adj=on}} West Delaware Tunnel in the town of [[Tompkins, New York|Tompkins]], just east of the town of Deposit. Then it flows through the aqueduct into the [[Rondout Reservoir]], where the water enters the {{convert|85|mi|adj=on}} [[Delaware Aqueduct]].
 
The Delaware Aqueduct then continues through the [[West Branch Reservoir]] in [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam County]] and the [[Kensico Reservoir]] in [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]] north of the city. The aqueduct continues further south through the [[Hillview Reservoir]] in [[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]], and then continues through [[The Bronx]], [[Queens]], and [[Brooklyn]], eventually ending in [[Staten Island]], providing New York City with about 50% of their drinking water.
 
Owned by an undisclosed owner in the town of Deposit, the location of the Cannonsville Turnover (located off Old Rt.10) could be considered a powerful source of water power if owned by the government. Besides the water power potential, the area is seen as a fruitful area in the sports of fishing and bird-watching. Home to the [[American bald eagle]], Deposit offers the best of nature.
 
== Communities and locations in the Town of Deposit ==
*'''[[Barbourville, New York|Barbourville]]''' — A [[hamletHamlet (place)|hamlet]] near the easteastern town line on Route 8.
*'''[[China, New York|China]]''' — A hamlet in the northern part of the town on Route 20.
*'''[[Cannonsville Reservoir]]''' — The westwestern part of the reservoir and its dam are east of the Deposit village.
*'''[[Deposit (village), New York|Deposit]]''' — The easteastern partsection of the Village of Deposit is located north of the Southern Tier Expressway.
*'''[[Hale Eddy, New York|Hale Eddy]]''' — A hamlet in the southsouthern part of the town.
*'''[[Hambletville, New York|Hambletville]]''' — A hamlet northeast of Deposit on Route 8.
*'''[[Stilesville, New York|Stilesville]]''' — A hamlet northeast of Deposit on Route 8.
*'''[[Upper Barbourville, New York|Upper Barbourville]]''' — A hamlet in the northeastnortheastern corner of the town on Route 8.
 
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.depositchamber.com/ Deposit Chamber of Commerce]
* [httphttps://wwwtownofdepositny.delawarecounty.orggov/deposit.lasso Town of Deposit page at Delaware County website]
 
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