Danube, New York

Danube, New York
Town
Location within Herkimer County
Location within Herkimer County
Danube is located in New York
Danube
Danube
Danube is located in the United States
Danube
Danube
Coordinates: 42°59′17″N 74°48′9″W / 42.98806°N 74.80250°W / 42.98806; -74.80250
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyHerkimer
Government
 • TypeTown Council
 • Town SupervisorRick Mosher
 • Town Council
Members' List
Area
[1]
 • Total29.61 sq mi (76.70 km2)
 • Land29.35 sq mi (76.03 km2)
 • Water0.26 sq mi (0.67 km2)
Elevation
443 ft (135 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total1,039
 • Estimate 
(2019)[2]
1,020
 • Density34.85/sq mi (13.46/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code36-043-19686
GNIS feature ID0978885
Websitewww.town.danube.ny.us

Danube is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States. The population was 801 at the 2020 census,[3] down from 1,039 in 2010.[4] Early Palatine German immigrants in the eighteenth century named the town after the Danube River[5] in Europe.

The town is in southeastern Herkimer County, southeast of the city of Little Falls and south of the Mohawk River.

  1. ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Census profile: Danube town, Herkimer County, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Danube town, Herkimer County, New York". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  5. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 99.