Cobleskill is a

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in the western part of the

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of Cobleskill in

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, United States. The population was 4,678 at the 2010 census. The village is southwest of

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. The State University of New York at Cobleskill is located at the western side of the village.

History

The village was settled in 1752, and was incorporated in 1868. It is generally accepted that a German grist miller named Jacob Kobel (variated as Kobus, or Coble) built a mill on the

Cobleskill Creek Cobleskill Creek is a river in Otsego and Schoharie counties in the state of New York. It starts at Pine Mountain west of West Richmondville and flows east-northeast before converging with Schoharie Creek in Central Bridge. The creek flows t ...

. The Dutch word for river or creek is ''

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'', thus the name Cobleskill, for "Cobel's creek". The Schoharie County Sunshine Fair, formerly known as the Cobleskill Sunshine Fair, has been held annually in Cobleskill since 1876. An

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fair, it draws tens of thousands of people to attractions such as livestock shows, demolition derbies and

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s. The Cobleskill Historic District was listed on the

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in 1978.

Geography

According to the

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, the village has a total area of 3.3 square miles (8.5 km²), all land. A USGS Benchmark on the side of southeastern corner of the William H. Golding 6-8 Middle School is marked at 1028 feet above sea level. The valley Cobleskill is situated in, is on the boundary of the geologic regions of New York known as the Catskill plateau to the south, and the Escarpment region of the Mohawk Valley to the North. Cobleskill is north of the Cobleskill Creek.

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and

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intersect New York State Route 145 in the village. Interstate 88 passes south of the village.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 4,533 people, 1,537 households, and 794 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 1,706 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 90.75%

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, 4.23%

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, 0.24% Native American, 1.39% Asian, 0.07%

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, 0.66% from other races, and 1.35% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 3.03% of the population. There were 1,537 households, out of which 23.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.7% were

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living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 50.9% were non-families. 41.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.07 and the average family size was 2.85. In the village, the population was spread out, with 15.8% under the age of 18, 32.6% from 18 to 24, 18.1% from 25 to 44, 16.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males. The median income for a household in the village was $28,011, and the median income for a family was $43,714. Males had a median income of $29,375 versus $29,712 for females. The

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for the village was $15,213. About 11.3% of families and 19.8% of the population were below the

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, including 17.8% of those under age 18 and 10.6% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

Village of Cobleskill, NY

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