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'''Retsof''' is a [[Hamlet (New York)|hamlet]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) within the town of [[York, New York|York]] in [[Livingston County, New York|Livingston County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. The community, situated {{convert|30|mi}} southwest of the city of [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], is off [[New York State Route 63]] approximately one mile east of [[New York State Route 36|State Route 36]]. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], it had a population of 340.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3661236&tid=DECENNIALSF12010.P1| title=Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Retsof CDP, New York| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| website=data.census.gov| accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref>

[[Image:RSR Northbound Salt.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Rochester and Southern Railroad salt train just outside Retsof]]
It was founded by a man named William Foster, Jr., who reversed the letters of his name to name the town, and it was the site of one of the world's largest [[salt mine]]s until its collapse in 1994. A new mine, the Hampton Corners mine,<ref name=cluiNY>{{Cite web| url=https://clui.org/ludb/site/retsof-salt-mine| title=Retsof Salt Mine, New York| publisher=The Center for Land Use Interpretation| access-date=June 22, 2020}}</ref> is located near [[Mount Morris (village), New York|Mount Morris]], about {{convert|10|mi|km}} to the southeast.

The original population of Retsof was mostly of [[Italian Americans|Italian origin]]; they lived in a [[company town]] where the salt mine owned the houses and a store and maintained the small village. The Italian families lived together with a few non-Italians. The others who were mostly bosses lived on the "Avenue" in nicer houses with indoor plumbing.

In addition to the salt mine, there was a small railroad—the [[Genesee & Wyoming Railroad]] (G&W)—that took the salt to the "Main Lines" in neighboring towns. The G&W remains active today as a branch line of the [[Rochester & Southern Railroad]].

==Geography==
Retsof is in northwestern Livingston County, in the southeastern part of the town of York. It is bordered to the east by the hamlet of [[Piffard, New York|Piffard]] and to the west by [[Greigsville, New York|Greigsville]]. NY 63 leads southeast from Retsof {{convert|4|mi|0}} to [[Geneseo (village), New York|Geneseo]], the Livingston [[county seat]], and northwest {{convert|20|mi}} to [[Batavia, New York|Batavia]]. The [[York (CDP), New York|hamlet of York]] is {{convert|3|mi|0}} north of Retsof.

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the Retsof CDP has an area of {{convert|1.2|sqkm|order=flip|1}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer 2019">{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_36.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: New York| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref> The community is drained by Salt Creek, a northward-flowing tributary of Bidwells Creek, which flows northeast to the [[Genesee River]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 326
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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== Retsof Salt Mine ==
In 1994, the Retsof Salt Mine was the largest salt mine in North America, and the second largest in the world. Three hundred people worked within the {{convert|6000|acre|km2 sqmi}} of excavated space, {{convert|1000|ft|m}} below ground, extracting salt from a natural deposit for use as road salt, table salt, and in industry. In March 1994, the ceiling in one of the large underground chambers collapsed, the first of a series of effects caused by groundwater entering the salt deposit, which had been dry for all of the 110 previous years of mining at the site. Over the next 21 months, the mine cavities collapsed and filled with water. Mining operations scrambled to work the accessible areas before the spreading flood, until operations were suspended when the mine was fully filled with water, in 1995. The effect of filling all this space lowered the [[aquifer]], leaving many drinking water wells dry, and led to surface [[subsidence]], even sinkholes {{convert|200|ft|m}} wide, damaging structures and highways. {{convert|8|ft|m}} or {{convert|9|ft|m}} of additional subsidence is expected to take place over the next century.<ref name=cluiNY/>

The [[U.S. Geological Survey]] studied the effects of the mine collapse on groundwater hydrology in the surrounding watershed.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/fs01798| title=Effects of the 1994 Retsof Salt Mine collapse in the Genesee Valley, New York (Fact Sheet 017-98)| publisher=U.S. Geological Survey| last1=Kappel| first1=William M.| last2=Miller| first2=Todd S.| last3=Yager| first3=Richard M.| date=1998| access-date=June 22, 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of geographic names derived from anagrams and ananyms]]

==References==
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{{Livingston County, New York}}

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[[Category:Hamlets in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Hamlets in Livingston County, New York]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Livingston County, New York]]

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