Walton is a
village
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in the
town
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Origin and use
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of
Walton Walton may refer to:
People
* Walton (given name)
* Walton (surname)
* Susana, Lady Walton (1926–2010), Argentine writer
Places
Canada
* Walton, Nova Scotia, a community
** Walton River (Nova Scotia)
*Walton, Ontario, a hamlet
United Kingdo ...
in
Delaware County,
New York
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, United States. As of the
2010 census, the village population was 3,088.
Walton is the home of the annual Delaware County Fair, which is typically held in August.
There are three primary and secondary schools in Walton: Townsend Elementary School, Mack Middle School, and O'Neill High School.
History
The
Christ Episcopal Church,
First Congregational Church of Walton,
Gardiner Place Historic District,
U.S. Post Office
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, and the
Walton Grange 1454-Former Armory, all listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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, are located in the village.
Walton is the birthplace of
William B. Ogden
William Butler Ogden (June 15, 1805 – August 3, 1877) was an American politician and railroad executive who served as the first Mayor of Chicago. He was referred to as "the Astor of Chicago." He was, at one time, the city's richest citizen.
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(born 15 June 1805), the first mayor of
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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and a founder of the
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
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line.
Walton has suffered from major flooding in 1996 and 2006.
Geography
The village is located at the center of the town of Walton, along the
West Branch Delaware River
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.
New York State Route 10
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passes through the village, leading northeast to
Delhi
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and southwest to
Deposit.
New York State Route 206
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joins NY 10 in the village center and leads northwest to
Bainbridge and southeast to
Downsville. It is in close proximity to
Agloe, the fictional town created to prevent copyright infringement of a mapping company.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the village of Walton has a total area of , of which is land and , or 3.73%, is water.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 3,070 people, 1,366 households, and 818 families residing in the village. The
population density
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was 1,945.2 people per square mile (750.2/km
2). There were 1,514 housing units at an average density of 959.3 per square mile (370.0/km
2). The racial makeup of the village was 97.92%
White
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, 0.33%
Black
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or
African American
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, 0.39%
Native American, 0.33%
Asian
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** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
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, 0.13% from
other races
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Other or The Other may also refer to:
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, and 0.91% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
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of any race were 1.37% of the population.
There were 1,366 households, out of which 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.2% were
married couples
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living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.1% were non-families. 34.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.83.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 24.2% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.8 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $26,550, and the median income for a family was $40,122. Males had a median income of $26,744 versus $19,839 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the village was $16,269. About 8.0% of families and 12.4% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 11.0% of those under age 18 and 11.1% of those age 65 or over.
Notable people
*
Joel Tyler Headley was a 19th-century author, historian, newspaper editor, and New York politician who was born in Walton.
* Debra Sundstrom, the prime suspect in two murders, is known locally as the pumpkin killer. A local hard cider producer
Awestruck Ciders created a product called Hometown Homicider in reference to the murder.
*
William B. Ogden
William Butler Ogden (June 15, 1805 – August 3, 1877) was an American politician and railroad executive who served as the first Mayor of Chicago. He was referred to as "the Astor of Chicago." He was, at one time, the city's richest citizen.
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was born in Walton. The local library is named in his honor.
* William Walton, nephew of
William Walton (merchant), was the owner of a 22,000 acre parcel of land which composes most of Walton. Parts of this parcel were sold off to his friends as the village was settled. The town and village are both named after him.
Media
* Newspaper
''The Walton Reporter'' published since 1881
* Radio:
WDLA-AM 1270 &
WDLA-FM 92.1
* Cable: Charter Spectrum
* The Boulder, Colorado jam band/ bluegrass/ grassroots genre band
String Cheese Incident mentions Walton in the song "100 Year Flood". The entire song is written in reference to the devastation of the flood in 1996.
* Debra Sundstrom was featured in an episode of ''Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall'' titled "Harvesting Murder" after a double murder-suicide that involved her husband sealed in a 55-gallon barrel.
* Walton High School had a school shooting involving one victim in December 1992. The shooter, a 15-year-old boy who was raised in Walton, was the son of the now-closed Hodges Power Equipment owner. The victim, a high school English teacher, was shot in the face and survived.
References
External links
Village of Walton official websiteTown/Village of Walton
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Villages in New York (state)
Villages in Delaware County, New York