Cambridge (Village, New York)
Washington County
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Cambridge is a village in Washington County, New York, United States. In the United States Census 2000, the town counted 1925 inhabitants. The Village of Cambridge located partially within the same Town and partly in the Town of White Creek and is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 4.3 km ², all of which related to land. Apart from the location in the two Towns of Cambridge and White Creek borders the Village and the Town of Jackson. Cambridge is at the crossroads of New York State Route 22 ( Park Street ), New York State Route 313 ( Maple Avenue / Grant Street ) and New York State Route 372 (Main Street).
History
The settlement is named after the city of Cambridge in England. Originally, the area belonged to the Albany County, but it was the 1791 Washington County affiliated. The colonization Cambridge goes back to the 1760s and begins after the end of the French and Indian War when the formerly disputed border area was secure. After the American Revolutionary War began a population growth, which was favored, as in 1825 the Champlain Canal was built. This facilitated the transport of flax and wool produced in the flat area, but due to lack of water power could not be further processed.
The railway reached Cambridge for the first time in 1852, when the Troy and Rutland Railroad was built. A railway station was built at the former hamlet of North White Creek. The construction of the railway favored the industrial development. In 1866, merged the three villages Cambridge, Dorr Corners and North White Creek and incorporated to the Village of Cambridge. 1879, the Rice Seed Company was founded, which had developed by 1900, with around 200 employees at the largest employers in the Village.
At this past recall a number of buildings in the Cambridge Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. These buildings include the company's complex of Rice Seed Company and a theater from 1878 in the Victorian style.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, there were 1925 Cambridge people. The population density was 445.1 people per km ². There were 840 housing units at an average 194.2 per km ². The population consisted of Cambridge 98.13 % White, 0.52 % African American, 0.10 % Native American, 0.31 % Asian, 0 % Pacific Islander, 0.26 % reported from other races, and 0.68 % from two or more races. 1.45 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The residents of Cambridge were distributed to 755 households out of which 32.3% were living in children under 18 years. 47.8 % married couples living together, 11.5 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8 % were non-families. 32.8 % of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 17.0 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size is 2.97.
The population was spread out with 25.7 % under the, 7.1 % 18 -24- year-old, 24.5 % 25 -44- year-old, 23.0% 45-64 year olds and 19.8 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 81.9 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 77.0 males.
The median household income in Cambridge was 31 164 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the height of 41,012 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 31 935 U.S. dollars, compared to 24 453 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 15,919 U.S. dollars. 12.5 % of the population and 9.4 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 15.1 % of minors and 8.0 % of those age 65 or over.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Frank Sherman Henry (1909-1989), equestrian and Olympic champion