Valley Falls (New York)

Rensselaer County

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Valley Falls is a village in Rensselaer County, New York in the United States. In 2010, Valley Falls had 466 inhabitants. The Village is situated on both banks of the Hoosic River and therefore be in the Town of Pittstown and the other, to a lesser extent north of the river in the Town of Schaghticoke.

History

Built in 1871 by industrialist James Thompson in Valley Falls, a textile mill. Almost all the inhabitants of the village were working in the operation, which reached its economic peak in the 1970s and then experienced decades of decline. When the plant went up in the early morning hours of April 22, 2009 in flames, it was already closed down for at least ten years.

In 1863, there were in Valley Falls also a blacksmith, a blacksmith shop, a foundry, a carriage maker, a cooper, a vineyard, three shops and two hotels. At that time, coming only led the railroad Greenfield Troy Troy and Boston Railroad of Troy and after Johnsonville leading through the southern area of the village. Later, a second rail line was built. This railway line North Pownal -Rotterdam Junction, which ran through Schaghticoke, followed the Hoosic River and also led by Johnsonville. In the early 1970s, the southern railway line was abandoned and largely eliminated; the running riverside railway line is still in operation, but since the closure of the textile factory no longer keep the trains in Valley Falls.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.2 km ², of which 1.1 km ² of land and 0.1 km ² omitted ( = 4.35% ) in water.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 491 persons Valley Falls. The population density was 430.9 people per km ². There were 191 housing units at an average 167.6 per km ². The population Valley Fallss consisted of 97.35 % White, 0 % African American, 1.43% Native American, 0.81% Asian, 0 % Pacific Islander, 0 % said other races, and 0.41 % from two or more races. 0.61 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The residents of Valley Falls ' were distributed to 179 households out of which 42.5% were living in children under 18 years. 55.9 % married couples living together, 15.6 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7 % were non-families. 19.6% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 9.5 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size is 3.20 people.

The population was spread out with 30.8 % under the, 5.7 % 18 -24- year-old, 32.8 % 25 -44- year-old, 20.0 % 45-64 year olds and 10.8 % under the age of 65 years or more. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 91.1 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 92.1 men.

The median household income in Valley Falls was 56,250 U.S. dollars and the median family income reached the height of 59,583 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 34,808 U.S. dollars, compared to 28,750 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 20,989 U.S. dollars. 4.4% of the population and 7.2% of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 7.4 % of minors and 0.0 % of those age 65 or over.