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Horseheads

Horseheads is a town in , United States. The population was 19,412 at the 2020 census. The name of the town is derived from the number of bleached horses' skulls once found there.
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  • Type: Town with 6,610 residents
  • Description: town of New York, USA
  • Also known as: “Horseheads, New York”, “Horseheads, NY”, and “Town of Horseheads”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zimmerman House and Hanover Square Historic District.

Building
Photo: Lvklock, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, 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".

Commercial area
Photo: Lvklock, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a downtown business district in . Most of the buildings in the district were built between 1862 and 1882 in the Romanesque Revival style.

Shopping center
is a located in Big Flats, , in . The mall features JCPenney and Burlington, in addition to a 10-screen Regal Cinemas and a Planet Fitness. is situated 2½ miles west of Horseheads.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Horseheads North and Elmira Heights.

Village
is a census-designated place in , , United States. It is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the CDP was 2,843. is situated 2 miles north of Horseheads.

Village
Photo: Lvklock, Public domain.
is a village in , , 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 . is situated 2½ miles south of Horseheads.

Horseheads

Latitude
42.167° or 42° 10′ 1″ north
Longitude
-76.8203° or 76° 49′ 13″ west
Population
6,610
Elevation
1,178 feet (359 metres)
Open location code
87J5558H+QV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158257710
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5121310
Wiki­data ID
Q10751434
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Horseheads” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Horseheads, New York”
  • Albanian: “Horseheads”
  • Arabic: “هورسهيدس”
  • Basque: “Horseheads”
  • Cebuano: “Horseheads”
  • Chechen: “Горсгедс”
  • Chinese: “霍斯黑兹”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هورسهيدس”
  • French: “Horseheads”
  • German: “Horseheads”
  • Greek: “Χόρσχεντς”
  • Haitian: “Horseheads, New York”
  • Haitian: “Horseheads”
  • Hungarian: “Horseheads”
  • Italian: “Horseheads”
  • Japanese: “ホースヘッド”
  • Mazanderani: “هورس‌هدز (نیویورک)”
  • Mazanderani: “هورس‌هدز”
  • Nauru: “Horseheads”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Horseheads”
  • Polish: “Horseheads”
  • Serbian: “Хорсхедс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Horseheads, New York”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Horseheads”
  • Spanish: “Horseheads”
  • Tatar: “Горсгедс”
  • Turkish: “Horseheads”
  • Ukrainian: “Horseheads”
  • Ukrainian: “Горсгедс”
  • Uzbek: “Horseheads, New York”
  • Uzbek: “Horseheads”
  • Uzbek: “Ҳорсеҳеадс”
  • Welsh: “Horseheads, Efrog Newydd”
  • Welsh: “Horseheads”

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Notable Places Nearby

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