DeRuyter | |
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 Old N.Y. State Highway signs at the corner of Utica and Cortland Streets (NYS Rt. 13). July 2001. | |
  DeRuyter Location within the state of New York | |
| Coordinates: 42°45′N 75°53′W / 42.750°N 75.883°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Madison |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Council |
| • Town Supervisor | Rex Vosburg (R) |
| • Town Council | Members |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31.23 sq mi (80.90 km2) |
| • Land | 30.41 sq mi (78.75 km2) |
| • Water | 0.83 sq mi (2.15 km2) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,589 |
| • Estimate (2016)[3] | 1,538 |
| • Density | 50.58/sq mi (19.53/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 13052 |
| Area code | 315 |
| FIPS code | 36-053-20401 |
| GNIS feature ID | 978900 |
| Website | Town website |
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".
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.
- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
USCensusEst2016was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 104.