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is a town in Delaware County, New York, USA. The population was 2,774 at the 2000 census.
The town was formed in 1817 from part of the Town of Kortright and Meredith. John Davenport founded the town of Davenport (Briggs,2004). Charlotte Valley Central School is the only public school in Davenport, New York. There is only one Fire Department in Davenport,NY .Davenport was a land that the Indians lived on. It is by the Catskill Mountains. The town has two churches, one post office and no traffic lights.Davenport's high school basketball team went to states two years in a row (2006 & 2007).Davenport used to have a general store on Main St. called Taber's Store.Davenport had a hardware store called Stewarts Hardware Store. Nayham Dyer had an auction barn that sold farm animals and assorted vegetables. Davenport used to have a hotel ware people could stay over night and it had a bar and dining room ware you could get food.There was a diner called Dyer's Diner and Barber Shop in the same building in Davenport,NY.Sanford's Gas Station and Garage used to be in Davenport,NY.The Douglas House is in Davenport,NY was owned by Dr.Douglas and when Vickie and Linda bought it, they made it a gift shop they kept the Douglas name. Howard Hoagland owned the Feed Store in town next to the Wades Hall which was a dance hall and had a funeral parlor on the second floor until a fire destroyed the second floor. After that it became Walts Hall and stayed a dance hall until it was bought by Lilo and Helmet Beck who then turned it into a bar and restaurant with live music on Saturday nights with dancing and called it Lilos. Later it was sold and renamed The Timbers and later sold and bought by Vern Bailey and renamed Verns restaurant. It continued with the Saturday night dances and bar and restaurant. Then it was sold again and called Hot Shots for a short time. Then it was sold again and is now known as Bo Jos.