Dolgeville, New York

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Dolgeville is a village in Herkimer County, New York, USA. The population was 2,166 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Alfred Dolge.

The Village of Dolgeville is mostly in the eastern part of the Town of Manheim, but is partly in the western edge of the Town of Oppenheim in Fulton County, New York.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 External links

[edit] History

The Village of Dolgeville was incorporated in 1881. The area was previously called "Green's Bridge" and then "Brocket's Bridge." The village changed it name to Dolgeville because of the economic growth promoted by Alfred Dolge, a pioneering and benevolent industrialist.

Dolgeville encountered an economic downturn in 1999 when the Daniel Green shoe company shut down their Dolgeville factory, which was the largest source of employment in the village.

Dolgeville is currently experiencing an economic recovery with the opening of a crafts, antiques, and furniture mall, Dolgeville Mill, in the old Daniel Green factory, which in turn has encouraged some other businesses to open in Dolgeville.

The village still has a number of factories, including Rawlings, which makes a large percentage of the baseball bats used by Major League Baseball, as well as other wood products; North Hudson co., which has and still manufactures piano parts for Steinway since the 1800's, as well as other wood products; Tricot, which manufactures textile products, Tumbleforms and other spin-off companies, which manufacture therapy products.

Lyndon Lyon greenhouse is world famous for African Violets and orchids.

[edit] Geography

Dolgeville is located at 43°6′8″N, 74°46′20″W (43.102233, -74.772294)^GR1. East Canada Creek runs through the village.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 4.8 km² (1.9 mi²). 4.7 km² (1.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (1.60%) is water.

Festivals include the Violet Festival in June, Oktoberfest in autumn, Covered Bridge Days in nearby Salisbury, celebrating a very old and well-preserved specimen of one of only 12 or 13 covered bridges left in New York State.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 2,166 people, 915 households, and 592 families residing in the village. The population density was 457.0/km² (1,182.4/mi²). There were 1,018 housing units at an average density of 214.8/km² (555.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.41% White, 0.23% African American, 0.69% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.09% from other races, and 1.11% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.97% of the population.

There were 915 households out of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.2% were non-families. 31.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the village the population was spread out with 24.3% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 87.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.1 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $30,863, and the median income for a family was $38,646. Males had a median income of $29,667 versus $17,500 for females. The per capita income for the village was $14,787. About 7.4% of families and 10.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.3% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.