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Hoosick Falls, NY

Hoosick Falls
Village
Downtown Hoosick Falls, NY.jpg
Downtown Hoosick Falls
Name origin: Falls on adjacent river
Country United States
State New York
Region Capital District
County Rensselaer
Town Hoosick
River Hoosic
Elevation 443 ft (135 m)
Coordinates 42°54′2″N 73°21′9″W / 42.90056°N 73.35250°W / 42.90056; -73.35250Coordinates: 42°54′2″N 73°21′9″W / 42.90056°N 73.35250°W / 42.90056; -73.35250
Highest point SE corner of village
 - elevation 760 ft (232 m)
 - coordinates 42°53′54″N 73°20′11″W / 42.89833°N 73.33639°W / 42.89833; -73.33639
Lowest point Hoosick River at N boundary
 - elevation 380 ft (116 m)
 - coordinates 42°54′34″N 73°21′24″W / 42.90944°N 73.35667°W / 42.90944; -73.35667
Area 1.7 sq mi (4 km2)
Population 3,501 (2010)
Founded 1827
Mayor David B. Borge (dishonorable leave, 2017); Rob Allen (incoming)
Timezone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 - summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP Code 12090
Area code 518 Exchange: 686
FIPS code 36-35474
GNIS feature ID 0953177
Rensselaer County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Hoosick Falls highlighted.svg
Location in Rensselaer County and the state of New York.
Website: www.villageofhoosickfalls.com

Hoosick Falls is a village in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 3,501 at the 2010 census. During its peak around 1900, the village had a population of about 7,000. The Capital District Regional Planning Commission projects a further decline in population through 2010 and beyond.

The village of Hoosick Falls is near the center of the town of Hoosick on NY 22. The village center is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Hoosick Falls Historic District.

Painter Grandma Moses is buried in the village. The site of the British entrenchments at the Battle of Bennington, 6 August 1777, is nearby and is maintained as Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site.

Although this has been an issue of considerable debate, it's believed the first documented settlers came to Hoosick Falls on the Hoosic River, around 1746. Encyclopedia Americana reports the date of the first permanent settlement as 1688. The French drove the settlers out in 1754 and most of the settlement was burned, but they returned and rebuilt after the French & Indian War ended. Hoosick Falls was incorporated as a village in 1827.

Walter A. Wood Mowing and Reaping Machine Co. In 1852 a blacksmith named Walter A. Wood began manufacturing a reaper in Hoosick Falls. By the 1890s the Walter A. Wood Mowing & Reaping Company was the largest farm machinery manufacturer in the world, taking up 85 acres (340,000 m2) on the west bank of the river. The Wood Company closed in 1924, mainly due to the introduction of John Deere's revolutionary self-propelled farm equipment. Most of these facilities were used by the Colasta Corporation from the mid-1920s until the late 1950s. This company manufactured radio parts. Later, parts of this site were used as a lumber yard/hardware store. A rash of arson fires in the mid and late 1970s consumed the entire complex. The only buildings still in use today are outside of the main complex, the Interface Solutions Plant (formerly the Wood-Flong Paper Mill), which was Walter A Wood's steel foundry. The original Office Building is still present also.


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