Buskirk, New York
| Hoosick, New York | |
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 Location in Rensselaer County and the state of New York. |
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| Coordinates: 42°54′8″N 73°21′18″W / 42.90222°N 73.35500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Rensselaer |
| Government | |
| • Town Supervisor | Mark Surdam (R)&(D) |
| • Deputy Town Supervisor | Jeff Wysocki (R) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 63.2 sq mi (163.6 km2) |
| • Land | 63.0 sq mi (163.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 407 ft (124 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,924 |
| • Density | 110/sq mi (42/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 12089 |
| Area code(s) | 518 |
| FIPS code | 36-35463 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979072 |
Hoosick is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 6,924 at the 2010 census. It was named from the Hoosic River.
The Town of Hoosick is in the northeast corner of Rensselaer county.
The town of Hoosick was organized in 1788, in Albany County, three years before the creation of Rensselaer County in 1791. The region was formerly the District of Hoosick (1772) and previous to that the Hoosick Patent (1688).
The Battle of Bennington of the American Revolution was fought northeast of Hoosick, on a farm owned by John Green, in the community of Walloomsac.
Among the notable natives of Hoosick are:
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 63.2 square miles (164 km2), of which, 63.0 square miles (163 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (0.21%) is water.
The north town line is the boundary of Washington County, New York, and the east town line is the border of Vermont. The Hoosic River is an important waterway in the town.
As of the census of 2000, there were 6,759 people, 2,620 households, and 1,823 families residing in the town. The population density was 107.3 people per square mile (41.4/km²). There were 2,892 housing units at an average density of 45.9 per square mile (17.7/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.96% White, 0.49% African American, 0.30% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.34% from other races, and 0.50% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.84% of the population.
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