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HISTORY The city is on land purchased from the local natives in 1630. The land was once part of the Rensselaerwyck manor. In 1830, a Dam was constructed. This provided power to make the community a leading textile center with the establishment in 1836 of the Harmony Manufacturing Company, later famous as Harmony Mills . Cohoes became a Mill Town and to an extent a Company Town . In 1866 , during excavation work for construction of one of the mills, the bones of a Mastadon were unearthed. During the 1870s the mills were enormously profitable, a result of the Erie Canal that flows past them. Mill #3, at over 1000 feet long, has been considered the longest continuous textile mill in the country at the time, although some dispute that Lowell, Massachusetts , was in fact home to the longest mill. In 1848 , Cohoes was incorporated as a village, and in 1869 chartered as a city. The 19th Century saw an influx of immigrants to Cohoes to work in the mills, particularly French Canadian s from Quebec , and Irish . Past residents of note Baseball player George Davis was born in Cohoes. GEOGRAPHY Cohoes is located at 42°46'24" North, 73°42'11" West (42.773250, -73.703110). According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 11.0 Km&2 (4.2 Mi&2 ). 9.7 km&2 (3.7 mi&2) of it is land and 1.3 km&2 (0.5 mi&2) of it is water. The total area is 11.79% water. The City of Cohoes is at the confluence of the Mohawk River and the Hudson River . The city includes Van Schaick Island, where the historic Van Schaick Mansion is located, and '''Simmons Island'''. The city borders Saratoga County, New York . DEMOGRAPHICS As of the Census of 2000, there were 15,521 people, 6,932 households, and 3,861 families residing in the city. The Population Density was 1,602.3/km&2 (4,145.8/mi&2). There were 7,689 housing units at an average density of 793.8/km&2 (2,053.8/mi&2). The racial makeup of the city was 95.14% White , 2.16% African American , 0.16% Native American , 0.68% Asian , 0.04% Pacific Islander , 0.59% from Other Races , and 1.23% from two or more races. 2.03% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 6,932 households out of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.4% were Married Couples living together, 15.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.3% were non-families. 38.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.91. In the city the population was spread out with 22.4% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 86.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.6 males. The median income for a household in the city was $32,856, and the median income for a family was $42,054. Males had a median income of $31,972 versus $25,845 for females. The Per Capita Income for the city was $18,416. 13.3% of the population and 11.2% of families were below the Poverty Line . 22.9% of those under the age of 18 and 6.3% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. ADDITIONAL COHOES FACTS Large knitting mills took advantage of the power of the Cohoes Falls in the 19th Century. In several of Kurt Vonnegut 's novels the character Kilgore Trout is a longtime resident of Cohoes, N.Y. EXTERNAL LINKS
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