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DeRuyter, New York

DeRuyter /dəˈraɪtər/ is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 1,589 at the 2010 census.[2] The town is named after Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter,[4] a famous admiral in the Dutch navy. The name de Ruyter (de Ruijter) means "the Rider".

For the village located within this town, see DeRuyter (village), New York.

DeRuyter

United States

New York

Madison

Town Council

Rex Vosburg (R)

Members

31.23 sq mi (80.90 km2)

30.41 sq mi (78.75 km2)

0.83 sq mi (2.15 km2)

1,589

1,538

50.58/sq mi (19.53/km2)

UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))

UTC-4 (EDT)

13052

315

36-053-20401

978900

Town website

The Town of DeRuyter has a village in it also called DeRuyter. The town is in the southwestern corner of the county.


An early settler was Elijah Cornell, father of Ezra Cornell, founder of Western Union and Cornell University.

Geography[edit]

The western town line forms a border with Onondaga and Cortland counties. The southern town line is the border of Chenango County.


According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 31.3 square miles (81.0 km2), of which 30.5 square miles (79.0 km2) is land and 0.8 square mile (2.0 km2) (2.49%) is water.

– A village located in the southwestern corner of the town on Route 13.

DeRuyter

– A reservoir in the northwestern corner of the town, one of the largest in the area. Although it is a reservoir, it is commonly called "DeRuyter Lake."

DeRuyter Reservoir

Puckerville – A in the southwestern corner of the town and northeast of DeRuyter village on Route 13.

hamlet

Quaker Settlement or Quaker Basin – A location in the southeastern corner of the town on Route 58 and east of DeRuyter village.

Sheds – A hamlet in the northeastern corner of the town at Routes 13, 60, and .

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Sheds Corners – A hamlet southwest of Sheds on Route 13.

– American legal scholar

Francis Marion Burdick

– Secretary of the Treasury

Lyman Gage

http://www.deruyternygov.us/

Early DeRuyter history

DeRuyter Lake Association