Malone (village), New York
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Malone is a
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in, and the
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of, Franklin County,
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, United States. Its population was 5,911 at the 2010 census. The village is in the town of Malone. It is home to a campus of
North Country Community College North Country Community College is a public community college in Saranac Lake, New York. It is part of the State University of New York system. Founded in 1967, the college's main campus is located in Saranac Lake, New York, and it has additi ...
.


History

The community was first settled around 1802. During the
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, the village was sacked by British troops making incursions from what would become Canada. Malone was incorporated as a village in 1853. It served as a staging point for one arm of the
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and 1870 Fenian raids of Canada, which took place at many points along the
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. The Fenian Brotherhood (Fenians) attempted to capture Canada to end British rule of Ireland.
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wrote the book ''
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'' about
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, who attended Franklin Academy here. The school is now the site of the Malone Middle School, and the Wilder Homestead is a historical site that lies about east of the village of Malone in the town of
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. The First Congregational Church, likely the one mentioned in ''Farmer Boy'', was the first Christian congregation founded and the first church building built in Franklin County. There is anecdotal evidence that the second church building (1852–1883) was one of the final stops in the
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. A tunnel for the persons seeking freedom can still be found in the church's basement. In 1935,
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had his
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trial moved from
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to Malone. After a media-saturated trial before a Malone-area jury, he was acquitted. In 1998, the village suffered a natural disaster as part of the North American Ice Storm of 1998. On November 6, 2012, a proposal to dissolve the village into the surrounding town of Malone was defeated by a 2-to-1 margin, with village residents voting 1,117–562 to keep the village intact. In addition to the First Congregational Church and Wilder Homestead, the Horton Gristmill, Anselm Lincoln House, Malone Armory,
Malone Freight Depot The Malone Freight Depot is a historic railroad freight depot located at Malone in Franklin County, New York. It was built about 1852 by the Northern Railroad, and is a one-story, rectangular sandstone building with a low-pitched gable roof. I ...
, Paddock Building, and
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are listed on the
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.


Economy

Primarily a farming community, Malone is surrounded by dairy farms and potato producers, and was previously known for growing
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. The
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and
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s once had major switching and maintenance yards here. Products manufactured in Malone included Sno-Pruf waterproofer for boots, woolen winter wear produced by Ballard Mill, and Sioux-Mocs slippers. Malone became known as the
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capital of the United States when a local farm equipment dealer agreed to become the exclusive distributor for
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east of the Mississippi. A number of prisons have been built in the vicinity, becoming major employers. The latest economic controversy to impact the community is the advent of significant
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s in the region. Several decades ago, local farmers staged protests against the eminent domain-backed incursion of 765 MW transmission lines that crossed their pastures to bring Saint Lawrence Seaway power through Northern New York to downstate urban users. Tourism is a major economic contributor, with
Titus Mountain Titus Mountain or ''Titus'' as it is colloquialism, colloquially known, is a popular downhill ski resort, ski area spread over 3 mountains of northern New York, south of the Malone (village), New York, Village of Malone, in the Malone (town), ...
south of the village drawing skiers, and the 36-hole Robert Trent Jones-designed Malone Golf Club drawing golfers from
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, Quebec.


Geography

Malone village is located in the northern part of the town of Malone at (44.850676, −74.28907), in north-central Franklin County. According to the
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, the village has a total area of , of which is land and 2.08%, is water. Malone is at the convergence of U.S. Route 11, New York State Route 11B (NY 11B),
NY 30 New York State Route 30 (NY 30) is a state highway in the central part of New York in the United States. It extends for from an interchange with NY 17 (Future Interstate 86) in the Southern Tier to the US–Canada border i ...
, and NY 37. County Road 25 enters the village from the south. US-11 leads east to Champlain and southwest to
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. NY-30 leads south to Tupper Lake in the
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and north to Trout River at the Canada–US border.
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, is to the northwest via NY-37. The Salmon River, a tributary of the
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, flows northward through the village.


Climate

The climate of Malone is
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(
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"Dfb").


Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,075 people, 2,583 households, and 1,511 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,920.0 people per square mile (742.3/km2). There were 2,847 housing units at an average density of 899.8 per square mile (347.9/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 97.58%
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, 0.49%
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or
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, 0.46% Native American, 0.51%
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, 0.44% from
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, and 0.51% from two or more races.
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or
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of any race were 1.05% of the population. There were 2,583 households, out of which 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.6% were married couples living together, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.5% were non-families. 36.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.86. In the village, the population was spread out, with 23.0% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.9 males. The median income for a household in the village was $25,200, and the median income for a family was $35,077. Males had a median income of $29,200 versus $20,163 for females. The per capita income for the village was $15,960. About 10.8% of families and 16.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.8% of those under age 18 and 11.6% of those age 65 or over.


Government and infrastructure

Upstate Correctional Facility Upstate Correctional Facility is a maximum security state prison for men in Franklin County, New York, US. The prison, in the Town of Malone, was the first New York State prison built as a supermax.Gonnerman, Jennifer.The Supermax Solution" ' ...
, a prison of the
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, is near the town.


References


External links

*
Early history of the Malone area

North Country Community College

Titus Mountain Ski Area

Malone Golf Club

Read or listen to the Oral history of Malone in the late 19th early 20th Centuries

Franklin County Historical & Museum Society
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