Balmville, New York

Coordinates: 41°31′40″N 74°1′28″W / 41.52778°N 74.02444°W / 41.52778; -74.02444
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Balmville, New York
FIPS code
36-04286
GNIS feature ID0942941

Balmville is a

Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the southeastern part of the Town of Newburgh. The population was 3,197 at the 2020 census. Many wealthy, influential, and upper income families live in Balmville on roads such as River Road, Sloane Road, Commonwealth Avenue, Susan Drive, and Grand Avenue. Susan Drive is accredited for housing the former Delano Family Estate (Algonac). The Delano family was the family of the mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and she in fact was born and raised at Algonac. Many homes in Balmville are incredibly expensive due to their pristine views of the Hudson River. Balmville is also the site of the Powelton Club
Country Club. It currently ranks as the highest income hamlet in the greater Newburgh area.

Balmville is immediately north of, and adjoins, the city of Newburgh.

Balmville was home to the Balmville Tree, New York's smallest state forest. The tree was one of three federally protected trees in the nation. It was called a "miracle tree" due to its age (over 300 years) for its species. On August 5, 2015, because of safety concerns caused by the rapid deterioration of the tree, it was cut down and removed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Geography

Balmville is located at 41°31′40″N 74°1′28″W / 41.52778°N 74.02444°W / 41.52778; -74.02444 (41.527893, -74.024426).[2]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km2), all land.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20003,339—
20103,178−4.8%
20203,1970.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

As of the

Latino
of any race were 10.03% of the population.

There were 1,257 households, out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.1% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.7% were non-families. 19.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 23.0% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.4 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $66,979, and the median income for a family was $72,925. Males had a median income of $50,426 versus $38,884 for females. The

poverty line
, including 1.8% of those under age 18 and 1.5% of those age 65 or over.

Balmville Elementary School

Balmville has been a part of the

Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This old elementary school building with a cornerstone indicating construction in 1897 is still standing today. It stands on what is now the northeast corner of U.S. Route 9W and Fostertown Road. (The current Route 9W was constructed in the late 1920s.) It is immediately north of the current elementary school, at the southeast corner of 9W and Fostertown Road, which was initially constructed in 1953-54, but was added onto many times since, most recently in 2007. In 2007, the Board of Education of the Newburgh Enlarged City School District voted to demolish the older school building and expend $375,000 to do so. The school board concluded that the building is "unstable" and poses a "health and safety hazard even to those just walking or parking outside." This conclusion was based upon an architectural survey commissioned by the Board of Education. Local civic and historic groups rose up and demanded that this historically and architecturally significant building be spared. Local developers Rick Milton and Keith Libolt stepped forward and offered buy the building, restore it, and lease it back to the school district. Milton charged that District Administrators and the architect's report "scared the board into thinking that the building is going to fall down. It's not true." Milton further charged that the administrators were simply looking for a quick way to create more parking spaces for the "new" school and contended that additional parking could be found elsewhere on the school property. The Board of Education relented and rescinded its demolition order. Although most classes have been held in the "new" Balmville School since 1954, some classes had been held in the "old" building as late as the mid-1970s, and it had been used for offices and other administrative purposes up to the mid-1980s. It had been used for storage since. Milton and Libolt propose using the "old" building for administrative and office space, freeing the space used in the "new" building for these purposes and also for expanding the school library.[5] On Oct. 30, 2007, the Board of Education voted to table the demolition for the time being.[6]

Secondary and higher education

While many residents of

Yale.[citation needed
]

James D. Hughes

Balmville was the birthplace of Air Force General

Richard M. Nixon during the latter's second term as Vice President of the United States and again during his subsequent presidency.[7]

Notable Locations

The Balmville Tree

The Balmville Tree was located behind the current Balmville Elementary School, where Balmville Road, River Road, and Commonwealth Avenue intersect. It was the smallest state forest in New York, and was one of only three trees protected by the federal government. It had been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2000. Rapid deterioration of the condition of the tree resulted in its removal by the New York State Department of Conservation on August 5, 2015.[8]

Algonac

Balmville was the site of Algonac — the birthplace and home of Sara Delano, the mother of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Algonac was located at what is now Susan Drive.[9]

Balmville Grange

The Balmville Grange Hall is located on Fostertown Road 2/10 of a mile west of the intersection with Route 9W and is the last remaining

grange in the Town of Newburgh. It celebrated its 100th anniversary on September 28, 2003.[10]

Newburgh Beacon Bridge and Interstate 84

The western terminus of the

September 11, 2001 attacks.[citation needed
]

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  3. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  4. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ Articles by Michael Randall, The Middletown (New York) Times Herald Record, Oct. 17, 2007 and Oct. 27, 2007
  6. ^ Article by Michael Randall, The Middletown (New York) Times Herald Record, Oct. 31, 2007
  7. ISBN 978-1449046606
    . Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  8. ^ "Historic tree comes down in Balmville". The Poughkeepsie Journal. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  9. ^ "Why you'd want to live in Balmville". SearchHomesinNY.com. 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  10. ^ Article in The Sentinel (semi-weekly newspaper), September 30, 2003.
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