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Root
A town of 1,963 people in Montgomery County, New York
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Town in New York, United States1823Established
2,013Population
51.1 sq miArea
863 ftElevation
Root is a town in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The population was 2,013 at the 2020 census, up from 1,715 in 2010. The town was named for Erastus Root, a legislator in the early Federal period.
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