Horseheads
Horseheads is a village in Chemung County, New York, United States. The population was 6,606 at the 2020 census. The name is derived from the number of bleached skulls of pack horses left behind by the Sullivan Expedition.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 6,620 residents
- Description: village in New York, USA
- Also known as: “Fairport”, “Horseheads , NY”, “Horseheads (village), New York”, and “Horseheads, New York”
- Postal code: 14845
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hanover Square Historic District and Zimmerman House.
Hanover Square Historic District
Commercial area
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The Hanover Square Historic District is a downtown business district in Horseheads, New York. Most of the buildings in the district were built between 1862 and 1882 in the Romanesque Revival style.
Zimmerman House
Building
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Zimmerman House, also known as Zim House, is a historical structure located in Horseheads, New York. It was the home of cartoonist Eugene Zimmerman, also known as "Zim".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Horseheads North and Elmira Heights.
Horseheads North
Village
Horseheads North is a census-designated place in Chemung County, New York, United States. It is part of the Elmira Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the CDP was 2,843. Horseheads North is situated 2 miles north of Horseheads.
Elmira Heights
Village
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Elmira Heights is a village in Chemung County, New York, United States. The population was 4,097 at the 2010 census. The village is primarily within the town of Horseheads, but part of the village is in the town of Elmira. Elmira Heights is situated 2½ miles south of Horseheads.
Pine Valley
Hamlet
Pine Valley is a hamlet and census-designated place in the towns of Catlin and Veteran in Chemung County, New York, United States. The population was 813 at the 2010 census. Pine Valley is situated 4 miles north of Horseheads.
Horseheads
- Categories: village in the United States and village of New York
- Location: Horseheads, Chemung, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Horseheads” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قرية هورسهيدز”
- Catalan: “Horseheads”
- Chinese: “霍斯黑茲 (紐約州村)”
- Chinese: “霍斯黑茲”
- French: “Horseheads”
- Japanese: “ホースヘッズ (ニューヨーク州の村)”
- Malagasy: “Horseheads, New York”
- Malagasy: “Horseheads”
- Mazanderani: “هورسهدز، مله (نیویورک)”
- Mazanderani: “هورسهدز، مله”
- Polish: “Horseheads”
- Spanish: “Horseheads”
- Turkish: “Horseheads”
- Ukrainian: “Горсгедс”
- Volapük: “Horseheads, New York”
- Volapük: “Horseheads”
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