Romulus, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Varick town. It lies in ZIP code area 14541. The Survey maps it on the Romulus quadrangle. 356 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 719 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1902 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresRomulus fell from 409 to 356 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 409 | |
| 2020 | 356 | -53 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1902 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Romulus quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Romulus quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Romulus between 2000 and 2019, burning about 35 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Romulus in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | $20,000 | A severe thunderstorm moved across the area which resulted in several trees falling down across the area. Two homes were damaged due to falling trees. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Romulus | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees and wires in Romulus. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down wires on County Road 129. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | $4,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and wires. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires from the second severe storm that moved through the area. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Romulus | $1,000 | Water was flooding portions of County Road 129 east of Romulus. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Romulus | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Romulus | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Romulus | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Romulus | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh Corner | 2.4 miles | 25 | |
| McDuffie Town | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Kendaia | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| East Varick | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Sampson | 3.9 miles | 24 | |
| Poplar Beach | 4.2 miles | 25 | |
| MacDougall | 4.5 miles | 24 | |
| Fayette | 4.5 miles | 22 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Romulus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20065038 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962847. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







