Carthage, New York Carthage is positioned in New York Carthage - Carthage Location inside the state of New York State New York Carthage is a village positioned in the Town of Wilna in Jefferson County, New York.
The village is titled after the historic Carthage in Tunisia.
The Village of Carthage is at the southeast town line and is east of Watertown.
The village was chartered in 1869. Carthage is one of only twelve villages in New York still incorporated under a charter, the other villages having incorporated or re-incorporated under the provisions of Village Law. In 1861, a primary fire finished about twenty buildings in the village, and a lesser fire at the end of the year finished more property.
Another large fire in 1884 spread athwart the river from West Carthage and caused extensive damage, reducing more than 150 buildings to ruin.
The First Baptist Church and Cook Memorial Building, State Street Historic District, and United States Post Office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2002, another fire finished eight buildings in the downtown area, displacing nearly 150 inhabitants and leaving a pile of ruin.
Casey Powell, Ryan Powell, and Mikey Powell, All-American lacrosse players at Syracuse University and Professional MLL lacrosse players.
Casey Powell was born in 1976 in Carthage, NY.
Carthage is positioned at 43 58 52 N 75 36 25 W (43.981118, -75.606849). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the village has a total region of 2.7 square miles (7.0 km2), of which, 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2) of it is territory and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) of it (6.34%) is water.
The village is positioned on the east side of the Black River at the junction of Routes NY-3 and NY-126.
The village is south of the Fort Drum military reservation and is on the opposite side of the Black River from Village of West Carthage.
Champion Hill, positioned between Carthage and Watertown, is the place of birth of the majority of Watertown small-town TV stations.
WWNY's town/city of license still officially names Carthage, even though WWNY's studios have now moved to downtown Watertown.
At the 2000 census, there were 3,721 citizens , 1,417 homeholds and 956 families residing in the village.
The ethnic makeup of the village was 91.32% White, 4.27% African American, 0.21% Native American, 1.05% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.10% from other competitions, and 1.99% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,417 homeholds of which 36.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 49.1% were married couples living together, 14.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families.
Age distribution was 28.3% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 18.6% of families and 23.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 33.9% of those under age 18 and 14.4% of those age 65 or over.
"Welcome to the Village of Carthage NY 13619".
"Local Government Handbook - Village Government: Historical Development" (PDF) (5th ed.).
New York State Department of State.
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