Little Falls (city), New York
Little Falls, New York Little Falls, New York is positioned in New York Little Falls, New York - Little Falls, New York Location inside the state of New York State New York Little Falls is a town/city in Herkimer County, New York, United States.
The town/city of Little Falls is positioned at the southeastern corner of the Town of Little Falls and is east of Utica.
Little Falls has a picturesque locale on the slope of a narrow and rocky defile, flowing through which the river falls 45 feet (13 m) in less than a mile (1.6 km), forming a number of cascades.
Little Falls was first settled by Europeans around 1723, when German Palatines were granted territory under the Burnetsfield Patent.
It was then the westernmost European settlement in the colony of New York.
The need to portage around the falls promoted a trading locale on the site of the future city.
Little Falls was incorporated as a village in 1811, and reincorporated in 1827.
The City of Little Falls was chartered in 1895.
Lock 17 of the New York State Erie Canal replaced the three locks of the initial 1825 Erie Canal and is 40.5 feet (12.3 m) in height.
With dairy farms positioned throughout the town, Little Falls was a primary center for the manufacturing of cheese in the third quarter of the 19th century.
Its products were shipped to market in New York City and other primary cities.
In 1900, 10,381 citizens lived in Little Falls.
Babbitt directed a machine shop in Little Falls early in his career; he became a 19th-century soap manufacturing magnate.
Bellocchi, United States diplomat, was born in Little Falls Douglas, politician and US Congressman, lived in Little Falls.
Thomas Falvey, Wisconsin state legislator and mayor, lived in Little Falls.
Bill Warner, a motorcycle racer and world motorcycle land-speed record holder, was born in Little Falls.
The following are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: James Sanders House, Italian Community Bake Oven, Little Falls City Hall, Little Falls Historic District, Overlook, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, South Ann Street-Mill Street Historic District, the Overlook (Burrell) House, and the United States Post Office. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.0 square miles (10.3 km ), of which, 3.8 square miles (9.8 km ) of it is territory and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km ) of it (4.29%) is water.
Little Falls is mostly on the north bank of the Mohawk River near a waterfall which was considered lesser than another waterfall on the river by Cohoes, New York.
New York State Route 5, New York State Route 167, New York State Route 169, and New York State Route 170 converge on Little Falls.
NY 170 has its southern end in the city, while NY 169 has its southern end south of the city, in the Town of Danube.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 21.8% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 24.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
Little Falls is the setting of the novel, The Ordinary White Boy (2001), by Brock Clarke.
Sugarman of Little Falls, whose river baths in midwinter have earned him a world wide celebrity and the title of "human polar bear,"...
The New York Sun (December 25, 1898).
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