Balmville, New York

Orange County

36-04286

Balmville is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP ) in Orange County, New York. In 2000 Balmville had 3339 inhabitants. In Balmville the Balmville Tree, New York's smallest state forest is located. The tree is one of three protected by the National Park Service, individual trees in the United States. With Maple Lawn, a Gothic Revival house is located in Balmville yet another registered in the National Register of Historic Places object.

Geography

Balmville is a settlement in the eastern part of the Town of Newburgh, which is located north of the City of Newburgh. Balmvilles geographical coordinates loud 41 ° 32 'N, 74 ° 1' W41.527777777778 - 74.024444444444 ( 41.527893, -74.024426 ).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.5 km ², which account for all of it land.

By Balville Interstate 84 and U.S. Route 9W lead.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 3339 people Balmville. The population density was 608.1 people per km ². There were 1288 housing units at an average 234.6 per km ². The population consisted of Balmvilles 79.66 % White, 9.46 % African American, 0.03 % Native American, 3.05% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 4.88 % reported other races to belong and 2.79 % from two or more races. 10.03 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Balmvilles distributed to 1257 households out of which 31.4 % were living in children under 18 years. 61.1 % married couples living together, 10.5 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.7% were non-families. 19.9% ​​of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 8.1% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size is 3.06.

The population was spread out with 23.0 % under the, 7.2 % 18 -24- year-old, 27.3 % 25 -44- year-old, 26.2% 45-64 year olds and 16.3 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 91.6 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 90.4 men.

The median household income in Balmville was 66 979 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 72 925 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 50 426 U.S. dollars, compared to 38 884 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 30 646 U.S. dollars. 2.2% of the population and 1.0 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 1.8 % of minors and 1.5 % of those age 65 or over.

Balmville Elementary School

Since 1963 Balmville is part of the Newburgh Enlarged City School District then formed. The original school building was built in 1897 Balmvilles replaced by a building on the northeast corner of the intersection of US- 9W and Forster Town Road. The land was made ​​available to Warren Delano, which is financed with funds that had his daughter Annie Delano Hitch provided. Hitch was all her life a resident of the city and the aunt of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This building still exists today. Between 1953 and 1954, a new building, which has since been expanded several times was directly opposite on the southeast corner of the intersection. From 1954 the teaching was mostly held in the new premises, but still up in the mid-1970s found occasional lessons in the old school building instead. Until the 1980s it was used for administrative purposes and then as a warehouse.

After a report had found that the product derived from the late 19th century structure was unstable and represented a risk even for passersby on the street, the school administration decided in 2007 initially for the demolition. Against this intention is suggested resistance of citizens and historians and finally offered two local contractors to acquire the building, to renovate and to the school to rent back. The project was designed in the old school building rooms for offices and administration accommodate and thereby take advantage of vacant rooms in the new school building to expand the school library.

Newburgh - Beacon Bridge and Interstate 84

The western end of the Newburgh - Beacon Bridge is located in Balmville. The above leading Interstate 84 intersects Balmville south of the Powelton Club. The bridge is maintained by the New York State Bridge Authority.