Dolgeville, New York
| Dolgeville, New York | |
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 Dolgeville
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| Coordinates: 43°06′08″N 074°46′20″W / 43.10222°N 74.77222°WCoordinates: 43°06′08″N 074°46′20″W / 43.10222°N 74.77222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| Counties | Herkimer, Fulton |
| Towns | Manheim, Oppenheim |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.83 sq mi (4.75 km2) |
| • Land | 1.79 sq mi (4.64 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.11 km2) |
| Elevation | 791 ft (241 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,206 |
| • Density | 1,232/sq mi (475.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 13329 |
| Area code(s) | 315 |
| FIPS code | 36-20731 |
| GNIS feature ID | 948550 |
| Website | www |
Dolgeville is a village in Herkimer County and Fulton County, New York, United States. The population was 2,206 at the 2010 census. The village is named after Alfred Dolge (1848–1922), industrialist.
The village is mostly in the eastern part of the town of Manheim (Herkimer County), but is partly in the western edge of the town of Oppenheim (Fulton County). Dolgeville is east of Utica.
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 Canada 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. In 1887 the citizens unanimously petitioned the authorities at Washington to change the name of the place from "Brockett's Bridge" to "Dolgeville".
The village changed its name to Dolgeville because of the economic growth promoted by Alfred Dolge (1848–1922), a pioneering and benevolent industrialist. In addition to factories, Dolge built a railroad, laid out the village, built two schools, installed an electric system, a water system, sewage, a fire department, a free library, a concert hall, a gymnasium, public parks, a newspaper, and pioneered in a pension and profit sharing system for employees.
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