Hoosick Falls, New York

Rensselaer County

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Hoosick Falls is a village in Rensselaer County in New York. In 2000, the city had 3436 inhabitants. During the period of its greatest population, 1900, Hoosick Falls had about 7,000 inhabitants. The Capital District Regional Planning Commission is forecasting a further decline in the population by 2010 and beyond.

Downtown Hoosick Falls and several other buildings in the area are registered in the National Register of Historic Places, including the post office, the St. Mark's Episcopal Church and the Hoosick Falls Armory of the National Guard of New York. Grandma Moses is buried in the cemetery of the village.

History

It is generally assumed that the first white settlers on the Hoosic River 1746 came to the area now occupied by Hoosick Falls. These settlers were driven out in 1754 by the French, and the largest part of the settlement was burnt down. However, after the end of the French and Indian War, the settlers returned and built the place up again. Hoosick Falls was incorporated as a Village in 1827.

The blacksmith Walter A. Wood began in 1852 in Hoosick Falls with the production of a mowing machine and his company A. Wood Mowing & Reaping Company developed in the 1890s, the world's largest producers of agricultural machinery. The area of ​​the manufacturing plant on the west bank of the river had an area of ​​34 hectares. The Wood Company had to close in 1924, however, mainly as a result of the introduced by John Deere self-propelled agricultural machines. Most of the factory facilities were used until the late 1950s through the Colasta Corporation. This company manufactured parts for radios. Later parts of the railing that was originally a trade for lumber and tools. The entire complex was the mid and late 1970s completely destroyed by a series of arsons. The only building still in use today befande outside the main complex, such as the former foundry and the original office building.

In the period in which the production company Walter Wood boomed, so did the place Hoosick Falls. A number of other companies settled in the village and brought new residents with it. Previously, if also paper, auto parts, glass and soft drinks and beer bottling plants were produced in Hoosick. During this period a number of Victorian houses, many of which have stood the test of time. Hoosick Falls was also a transshipment center of trade. Local farmers were loading their products, on railway wagons, in order to send to New York City and other cities.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 4.5 km ², which is composed exclusively of the country.

The Village of Hoosick Falls is located almost in the center of the Town of Hoosick It is divided by the most peaceful Hoosic River. In these flows in the local area, however here the verdohlte Woods Brook. Through the town lead the New York State Route 22 and the former to the Boston and Maine Railroad owned railway from Greenfield through the Hoosac Tunnel to Troy. Passenger traffic on the railway line has been closed since 1960, it now serves only to freight. Both road and rail cross the river here.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 3436 people Hoosick Falls. The population density was 771.3 people per km ². There were 1553 housing units at an average 348.6 per km ². The population consisted of Hoosick Fallss 97.58 % White, 0.55 % African American, 0.41 % Native American, 0.49 % Asian, 0.06 % Pacific Islander, 0.32 % reported other to belong to races and 0.58 % from two or more races. 0.99 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The residents of Hoosick Fallss distributed to 1382 households out of which 32.1% were living in children under 18 years. 47.5 % married couples living together, 12.4 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.3 % were non-families. 30.9% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 15.4 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size is 3.05.

The population was spread out with 25.9 % under the, 8.4 % 18 -24- year-old, 28.2 % 25 -44- year-old, 19.5% 45-64 year olds and 18.0 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 89.7 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 85.8 males.

The median household income in Hoosick Falls was 36 731 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 45 829 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 33,750 U.S. dollars, compared to 23 313 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 18 062 U.S. dollars. 6.6 % of the population and 5.1% of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 8.6 % of minors and 4.6 % of those age 65 or over.

Personalities in conjunction with Hoosick Falls

• Harris S. Hawthorn, recipient of the Medal of Honor for the capture of gene. Custis Lee on April 6, 1865 at the battle of Sailor's Creek, Virginia; He is buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery.
• Harriet Hoctor, ballerina and actress on Broadway and in Hollywood was born in Hoosick Falls.
• Grandma Moses, whose works of art for the first time in a window of the WD Thomas Pharmacy were discovered. She is buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery on Main Street at the south end of the village.
• Jill Reeve, a U.S. national team in hockey was born here
• Harry Van Surdam, a football coach in the College Football Hall of Fame; grew up here and spent the last years of his life.