Pitcher, New York

Pitcher, New York
Pitcher is located in New York
Pitcher
Pitcher
Location within the state of New York
Coordinates: 42°36′9″N 75°50′5″W / 42.60250°N 75.83472°W / 42.60250; -75.83472
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyChenango
Government
 • TypeTown Council
 • Town SupervisorJeffrey B. Blanchard (D, R)
 • Town Council
Members' List
Area
 • Total
28.48 sq mi (73.76 km2)
 • Land28.46 sq mi (73.72 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.04 km2)
Elevation
1,161 ft (354 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
803
 • Estimate 
(2019)[2]
771
 • Density27.40/sq mi (10.58/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
13136
Area code607
FIPS code36-017-58288
GNIS feature ID0979370

Pitcher is a town in Chenango County, New York, United States. The population was 803 at the 2010 census.[3] The town is named after Nathaniel Pitcher, the eighth governor of New York.[4] The town is on the western border of Chenango County, west of the city of Norwich.

  1. ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Pitcher town, Chenango County, New York". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  4. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 103.