Cobleskill is a

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in the western part of the

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of Cobleskill in

Schoharie County, New York Schoharie County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,714, making it the state's fifth-least populous county. The county seat is Schoharie. "Schoharie" comes from a Mohawk word meaning ...

, 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 The State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill (SUNY Cobleskill) is a public college in Cobleskill, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. It began as the Schoharie State Sc ...

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 th ...

. 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,

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and

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s. The

Cobleskill Historic District Cobleskill Historic District is a national historic district located at Cobleskill in Schoharie County, New York. The district includes 180 contributing buildings and eight contributing sites. It encompasses a commercial area, several resid ...

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 New York State Route 145 (NY 145) is a state highway in eastern New York in the United States. The highway extends for from NY 23 in the Greene County town of Cairo to U.S. Route 20 (US 20) in the Schoharie County to ...

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

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was 1,386.3 people per square mile (535.2/km²). There were 1,706 housing units at an average density of 521.7 per square mile (201.4/km²). 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

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, 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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