Victory is a

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in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 666 at the 2020 census. The village is located in the northeastern part of the

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of Saratoga, southwest of and bordering the village of Schuylerville. Victory is one of the smallest villages in New York.

History

The village was incorporated in 1849. The name Victory is most certainly to commemorate the defeat of the British at the Battles of Saratoga, where Burgoyne surrendered his sword to Gates. The village has also been called "

Victory Mills Victory Mills was a historic Textile manufacturing, textile mill building located at Victory, Saratoga County, New York, Victory in Saratoga County, New York, and was built in 1918 by the American Manufacturing Company. It was a rectangular, five ...

" due to the large (now defunct) cotton mill of the Saratoga Victory Manufacturing Company. The company operated there from 1846 to 1929 and was centrally located on the primary road through town, Gates Avenue. The

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refers to the village's ZIP code as Victory Mills. The

building was listed on the

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on January 19, 2010.

Geography

Victory is located at (43.088514, -73.593563). According to the

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, the village has a total area of 0.5 square mile (1.4 km²), all land. The village is located on the north bank of Fish Creek, a

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of the nearby

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. New York State Route 32, Gates Avenue, passes through the village.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 544 people, 189 households, and 144 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 216 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 97.61%

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, 0.55%

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, 0.37% Native American, and 1.47% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.29% of the population. There were 189 households, out of which 46.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.5% were

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living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.8% were non-families. 18.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.19. In the village, the population was spread out, with 30.1% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 32.2% from 25 to 44, 17.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.2 males. The median income for a household in the village was $41,250, and the median income for a family was $37,292. Males had a median income of $29,219 versus $22,656 for females. The

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for the village was $17,484. About 10.7% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the

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, including 10.8% of those under age 18 and 2.4% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

* Village of Victory Official Website-http://www.villageofvictory.org
Village of Victory information
{{authority control Villages in New York (state) Villages in Saratoga County, New York