Cohoes
| Cohoes | |||
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| Nickname : Spindle City | |||
Location in New York
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1913 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | new York | ||
| County : | Albany County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 47 ′ N , 73 ° 44 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 16,212 (as of 2014) | ||
| Population density : | 1,621.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 11.0 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of which 10.0 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 54 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 12047 | ||
| Area code : | +1 518 | ||
| Website : | www.cohoes.org | ||
| Mayor : | Shawn M. Morse | ||
 town hall |
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Cohoes is a city with the status " City " in Albany County in the US state of New York with 16,212 inhabitants (2014).
geography
The city is bounded to the north by the Mohawk River , to the east by the Hudson River , to the south by New York State Route 7 and to the west by Interstate 87 . 20 kilometers south is Albany , 25 kilometers west of Schenectady . The Albany International Airport is situated at a distance of eight kilometers to the southwest. A landmark is the Cohoes waterfall in the north .
history
Native of the area were the Mohawkindianer , in whose language the place Cahoose was and the meaning "place of the falling canoe " ( "place of the falling canoe") has. Dutch settlers acquired land from the Indians around 1630 and initially set up farms. Due to the favorable location on the Mohawk River and close to the Erie Canal with the possibility of using hydropower, several textile processing companies emerged and the place developed into an important center for this branch of industry. This is why the city still calls itself the "Spindle City" today. Only with the availability of cheaper electrical energy with the help of modern technologies did the number of spinning mills decrease again.
Today Cohoes is home to small and medium-sized industrial companies, is active in tourism and is valued as a quiet residential area with connections to the nearby city of Albany.
Many historical buildings and places are listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Albany County, New York , including: Enlarged Erie Canal Historic District , Downtown Cohoes Historic District , Olmstead Street Historic District , William Dickey House , Leonard Lackman House , Van Schaick House and Harmony Mills Historic District .
William Dickey House
Leonard Lackman House
Van Schaick House
Harmony Mills
Demographic data
In 2014 the population was 16,212. This corresponds to an increase of 4.5% compared to the year 2000. The average age in 2014 was 42.7 years, above the value in New York, which was 38.2 years.
sons and daughters of the town
- Carmen Mastren , jazz musician
Individual evidence
Web links
- cohoes-falls - Cohoes waterfall
- Cohoe power plant - Cohoe's hydropower plant
- cohoesmusichall ( Memento June 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) - Cohoes Music Hall
- spindlecity - Spindle City Historic Society