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Carthage is a
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in the town of Wilna in Jefferson County,
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, United States. The population was 3,236 at the 2020 census. The village of Carthage is along the southern border of the town of Wilna and is east of Watertown.


History

The original settlement was called "Long Falls" and was settled around 1798. The village was chartered in 1869. It is one of only twelve villages in New York still incorporated under a
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, the others having incorporated or re-incorporated under the provisions of Village Law. The village is named after the historic city of
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in what is now
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. In 1861, a major fire destroyed about twenty buildings in the village, and a smaller fire at the end of the year destroyed more property. A less destructive fire occurred in 1872. Another large fire in 1884 that spread across the river from West Carthage ruined more than 150 buildings. The First Baptist Church and Cook Memorial Building, State Street Historic District, and
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are listed on the
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. In 2002, another fire destroyed eight buildings in the downtown area, displacing nearly 150 residents and leaving a pile of ruin.


Notable people

* Carla Balenda, film and television actress, born in Carthage in 1925 * Fletcher Brothers, fundamentalist preacher *
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, film director, screenwriter, and producer * Clay Dumaw, film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his work on '' Hold 'em,'' '' Get Out Alive'' and ''Jack Wyatt and the Gun from Hell'' * Tom Homan, White House executive associate director of enforcement and removal operations under President Trump’s second term * Casey Powell, Ryan Powell, and Mikey Powell, All-American
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players at
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and professional
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players (born in West Carthage, New York) * Dave Trembley, Major League Baseball coach, manager and executive * Edward J. Westcott,
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Geography

Carthage is located in eastern Jefferson County at (43.981118, -75.606849). Its southwestern border is the Black River, which is in part the border with the town of
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and the village of West Carthage in Jefferson County, and in part the border with the town of
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in Lewis County. The village is south of the southern border of
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. According to the
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, the village has a total area of , of which are land and , or 6.35%, are water. The village is located at the junction of New York State Routes 3 and 126. NY-3 leads west to Watertown, following the Black River, and northeast to Harrisville. NY-126 leads west by a more direct route to Watertown and southeast to Croghan.


Media

Champion Hill, located between Carthage and Watertown, is the birthplace of the majority of Watertown local TV stations. It hosted the original facilities for
WWNY-TV WWNY-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Carthage, New York, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Watertown area. It is owned by Gray Media alongside low-power, Class A Fox affiliate WNYF-CD (channel 28). ...
(1954–1970) and later WPBS-TV (as WNPE, 1971–1977). WWNY's
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still officially names Carthage, even though WWNY's studios have now moved to downtown Watertown.


Demographics

At the 2000
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, there were 3,721 people, 1,417 households and 956 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 1,626 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 91.32%
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, 4.27%
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, 0.21% Native American, 1.05% Asian, 0.05%
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, 1.10% from other races, and 1.99% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 2.69% of the population. There were 1,417 households, of which 36.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.1% were
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living together, 14.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.08. Age distribution was 28.3% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.9 males. The
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was $23,583, and the median family income was $32,083. Males had a median income of $31,397 versus $18,713 for females. The
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for the village was $13,029. About 18.6% of families and 23.5% of the population were below the
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, including 33.9% of those under age 18 and 14.4% of those age 65 or over.


See also

* Carthage, South Dakota, named after Carthage, New York


References


External links


Village of Carthage official website

Information from Chamber of Commerce




* ttp://oabonny.com/indexpage26.htm Photos of old canal and ruins on Guyot and Grape Island, Carthage {{authority control Villages in New York (state) Villages in Jefferson County, New York