Lime Lake, New York | |
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Coordinates: 42°26′4″N 78°28′45″W / 42.43444°N 78.47917°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New York |
County | Cattaraugus |
Town | Machias |
Area | |
• Total | 2.64 sq mi (6.85 km2) |
• Land | 2.38 sq mi (6.16 km2) |
• Water | 0.27 sq mi (0.69 km2) |
Elevation | 1,660 ft (510 m) |
Population (
2020) | |
• Total | 836 |
• Density | 351.56/sq mi (135.75/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
FIPS code | 36-42345 |
Lime Lake is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the northeast part of the town of Machias, in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 867. [2] Prior to the 2010 census, the area was delineated as part of the Lime Lake-Machias CDP.
Lime Lake is located in the northeast corner of the town of Machias at 42°26′4″N 78°28′45″W / 42.43444°N 78.47917°W. It consists of development that surrounds a small water body named Lime Lake, about 1 mile (1.6 km) in diameter. The area is bordered to the south by the main hamlet of Machias.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Lime Lake CDP has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.8 km2), of which 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2) is land and 0.27 square miles (0.7 km2), or 10.06%, is water. [2] The outlet of Lime Lake flows north to Elton Creek in Delevan, which then continues north to Cattaraugus Creek, a west-flowing tributary of Lake Erie. Less than one mile south of Lime Lake and only a few feet higher is the drainage divide between the Great Lakes watershed to the north and the Mississippi River watershed to the south: Ischua Creek flows south to Olean Creek, a tributary of the Allegheny River, then the Ohio River, and finally the Mississippi.
New York State Route 16 and Cattaraugus County Route 70 connect Lime Lake to Machias.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 836 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census [3] |