APALACHIN, NEW YORK

'Apalachin' is a census-designated place within the Town of Owego in Tioga County, New York, United States. The population was 1,126 in the 2000 census. It is named after the Apalachin Creek. ''Apalachin'' means ''From where the messenger returned'' in the Lenape.
Apalachin is in the southeast part of the Town of Owego and is west of Binghamton, New York.

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History

Residents of note

Geography

Demographics

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History

The first settler arrived around 1786, but the community was not founded until 1836.
In November 17, 1957, the heads of the American Mafia held the Apalachin Meeting at the home of Joseph Barbara, a conference of mobsters who had gathered to iron out various issues in the underworld. The gathering was quickly broken up when a curious New York State Trooper turned up and sent some of the most powerful gangsters in the country fleeing through the surrounding countryside. Mafiosi and the FBI sometimes just refer to the meeting as ''Apalachin''. This meeting was humorously portrayed in the opening sequence of the 1999 motion picture ''Analyze This'', which starred Robert DeNiro and Billy Crystal. This meeting was also referenced in Goodfellas by narrator Henry Hill (Ray Liotta).

Residents of note

An early resident was Benjamin F. Tracy, father of the modern navy.

Geography

Apalachin is located at (42.074407, -76.156308).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the region has a total area of 3.8 km² (1.5 mi²), all land.
The community is on the south side of the Susquehanna River.
Apalachin is adjacent to the Southern Tier Expressway (New York State Route 17).

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,126 people, 442 households, and 307 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 293.8/km² (763.1/mi²). There were 474 housing units at an average density of 123.7/km² (321.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.54% White, 0.98% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.62% Asian, 0.53% from other races, and 1.07% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.53% of the population.
There were 442 households out of which 33.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.6% were married couples living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. 24.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.03.
In the community the population was spread out with 26.6% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.4 males.
The median income for a household in the hamlet was $38,636, and the median income for a family was $42,647. Males had a median income of $21,902 versus $25,357 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $14,927. About 9.5% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.4% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

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