Delmar, New York

Delmar
Motto: 
Home of the Delmartians
Delmar is located in New York
Delmar
Delmar
Location of Delmar within the state of New York
Coordinates: 42°37′05″N 73°50′12″W / 42.61806°N 73.83667°W / 42.61806; -73.83667
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
RegionCapital District
CountyAlbany County
Area
 • Total4.382 sq mi (11.35 km2)
 • Land4.382 sq mi (11.35 km2)
 • Water0.0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
223 ft (68 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total8,292
 • Density1,900/sq mi (730/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
12054
Area code518
FIPS code[1][2]36-20148
GNIS feature ID[2]948278

Delmar is a hamlet in the Town of Bethlehem, in Albany County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of the neighboring city of Albany. The community is bisected by NY Route 443 (Delaware Avenue), a major thoroughfare, main street, and route to Albany.

A census-designated place (CDP) has been established since 1980 by the U.S. Census Bureau for tabulating the population of what the census has defined as the boundaries of the urbanized area in and around Delmar. The population was 8,292 at the 2000 census,[1] but it was not included as a CDP in the 2010 census.[3][4]

In 2005, CNN/Money Magazine named the Delmar ZIP Code (an area larger than the Delmar hamlet or CDP) as one of the "Best Places to Live" in America, rating it the 22nd best place to live among what it called "Great American Towns."[5][6]

  1. ^ a b "Places". Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 24, 2006. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Delmar". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ "Places: New York". Census 2010 Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
  4. ^ "New York: 2010, Population and Housing Unit County, 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-34)" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. June 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2013. Deleted CDPs: Coeymans (part annexed to Ravena village), Delmar, and Medusa.
  5. ^ Robin Wood (July 14, 2005). "Delmar makes list of best places to live". Albany Business Review. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  6. ^ "Best Places to Live: Top 100 Finalists". CNN, A Time Warner Company. Archived from the original on October 12, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2010.