Dolgeville is a village in Herkimer
County, New York, United States. The population
was 2,166 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Alfred Dolge, industrialist.
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. Dolgeville is east of Utica.
History
The village was founded in 1794 by Samuel Low with the construction of two mills. A grist mill and later a saw mill were built
by Captain John Favill on Ransom Creek about 1795. Soon a little settlement sprang up as other settlers moved in; with a
blacksmith shop, tannery and school house. Families by the names of Ayers, Spencer, Ransom, Spofford, Lamberson, Brockett and
Randall soon followed and settled the adjoining lands which they cleared for farms.
The Village of Dolgeville was incorporated in 1881. The area was at first called "Green's
Bridge" in 1805, as a settler named Green built a bridge over East creek. In 1826 the area received its first post office, with
Zephi Brockett as postmaster, and the area was renamed "Brockett’s Bridge" in his honor.
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 1800s, 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.
Geography
Dolgeville is located at 43°6′8″N, 74°46′20″W (43.102233,
-74.772294)1.
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.
The village is divided by the East Canada Creek.
New York State Route 29 and New
York State Route 169 intersect in Dolgeville. The village is also served by County Roads 83 and 99.
Demographics
As of the census2 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.
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Coordinates:
43.102233° N 74.772294°
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