Bath (village), New York
Bath | |
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A view of Bath | |
| Coordinates: 42°20′16″N 77°19′1″W / 42.33778°N 77.31694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Steuben |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.17 sq mi (8.22 km2) |
| • Land | 3.17 sq mi (8.22 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,109 ft (338 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 5,571 |
| • Density | 1,756.31/sq mi (678.02/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 14810 |
| Area code | 607 |
| FIPS code | 36-04759 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0943162 |
Bath is a village in and the county seat of Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 5,786 at the 2010 census. The village is located in the town of the same name, northwest of Elmira and west of Tyrone.
The community was named either for the English city of Bath, Somerset, or for Lady Laura Pulteney, 1st Countess of Bath and daughter of Sir William Pulteney, one of the original landowners. Bath is the location of the Bath VA Medical Center (former old soldiers' home), Bath National Cemetery, and the Steuben County Fair, the oldest continuous fair in the United States.