Gouverneur (village), New York
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Gouverneur is a village
in St. Lawrence County
, New York
, United States
. The population was 4,263 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Gouverneur Morris
, one of the authors of the Constitution of the United States, as well as a prominent landowner and part-time resident of the area.
The Village of Gouverneur is in the Town of Gouverneur
in the southeast part of both the town and the county.
The community is called the "Marble Village" because of the many structures made from marble
and the importance of marble in the early economy.
, his relative Samuel Ogden, and partner William Constable were all early landowners in northern New York
, and Morris established a summer home in the town. Mining the local marble was one of the first big industries in the area. Later, mining talc
and zinc
became important.
The Village of Gouverneur was incorporated in 1850.
Edward John Noble
, developer and marketer of the Life Savers
candy treat. Edward J Noble was born in Gouverneur and educated in the public schools. He also attended Syracuse University and graduated from Yale in 1905.He also was part of the Seaway project and was appointed to the advisory board by president Dwight Eisenhower in 1952. He also at one time owned Boldt Castle in Alexandria Bay New York. Also in 1913 he was the co-founder of the life saver. There are three hospitals named in his honor and a foundation. Noble died very peacefully in his sleep in 1958. The ornamental street lights in the village parkare all that remain of the gift of the new street lights that were given to the village by Edward and his brother. The lights are in memory of their father.
Thomas Pangle
, who holds the Joe R. Long Chair in Democratic Studies at the University of Texas, is a famous educator, and the author of many books.
Burt Orrin Kinney, founder of Kinney Drugs
.
Brian Leonard
, is an American football player for the Cincinnati Bengals
, and a former athlete from Rutgers University
. He was the Scarlet Knights' three-year star, earning numerous awards for his play in the Big East Conference. Leonard is renowned for his athleticism due to his size, hands, speed, as well as his leadership, unselfish play and high character. He is well known for jumping over would-be tacklers. This trademark hurdle has been dubbed the "Leonard Leap".
Wade Tyler Jones, participant in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. He is also a geologist who did research in Antarctica in 2010.
, the village has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km²), of which 2.1 square miles (5.5 km²) are land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km²) (2.74%) is water.
US Route 11 passes through the village, where it converges with New York State Route 58
and New York State Route 812
. County Road 11 leads into the village from the north, and County Road 12 leads in from the west.
The Oswegatchie River
flows westward through the village.
The Oswegathchie river runs all threw the village of Gouverneur, it flows from adjoing villages like Harrisville NY. On route 11 going south the village has small towns like Sparagville within it they also consider this to be part of Gouverneur. Going up on New York state 58 from Gouverneur the next little town or village is called Hammond this is going east from Gouverneur. If you were to go straight threw the village on route 11 going north then the next village would be Hermon Dekalb which is about 15 miles from gouverneur. Going west on the New York state route 812 it will bring you into a town called fowler which is also connected to Gouverneur and this little town is about 10 miles from it.
of 2000, there were 4,263 people, 1,667 households, and 1,093 families residing in the village. The population density
was 2,004.4 people per square mile (772.7/km²). There were 1,815 housing units at an average density of 853.4 per square mile (329.0/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 94.39% White, 1.78% Black or African American
, 0.38% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.23% Pacific Islander, 1.06% from other races
, and 1.76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.28% of the population.
There were 1,667 households out of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.6% were married couples
living together, 13.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% were non-families. 29.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.09.
In the village the population was spread out with 29.8% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.9 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $25,174, and the median income for a family was $29,192. Males had a median income of $31,768 versus $20,064 for females. The per capita income
for the village was $12,482. About 17.6% of families and 18.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.6% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.
is located in Gouverneur, along with Store #1, Store #34, the distribution center, and the Health Direct Services store. Store #1 used to be located beneath corporate headquarters at 29 E. Main Street, but was moved to the former Rite-Aid store at 17 Clinton Street after it closed. Kinney Drugs is a major employer in the village, and the original store is still an important aspect of its business district.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in St. Lawrence County
St. Lawrence County, New York
St. Lawrence County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 111,944. The county seat is Canton. The county is named for the Saint Lawrence River, which in turn was named for the Catholic saint on whose Feast day the river was discovered by...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, United States
United States
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. The population was 4,263 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Gouverneur Morris
Gouverneur Morris
Gouverneur Morris , was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a native of New York City who represented Pennsylvania in the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation. Morris was also an author of large sections of the...
, one of the authors of the Constitution of the United States, as well as a prominent landowner and part-time resident of the area.
The Village of Gouverneur is in the Town of Gouverneur
Gouverneur (town), New York
Gouverneur is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 7,418 at the 2000 census. The town is named after statesman and landowner Gouverneur Morris....
in the southeast part of both the town and the county.
The community is called the "Marble Village" because of the many structures made from marble
Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.Marble is commonly used for...
and the importance of marble in the early economy.
History
Gouverneur MorrisGouverneur Morris
Gouverneur Morris , was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a native of New York City who represented Pennsylvania in the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation. Morris was also an author of large sections of the...
, his relative Samuel Ogden, and partner William Constable were all early landowners in northern New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, and Morris established a summer home in the town. Mining the local marble was one of the first big industries in the area. Later, mining talc
Talc
Talc is a mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate with the chemical formula H2Mg34 or Mg3Si4O102. In loose form, it is the widely-used substance known as talcum powder. It occurs as foliated to fibrous masses, its crystals being so rare as to be almost unknown...
and zinc
Zinc
Zinc , or spelter , is a metallic chemical element; it has the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is the first element in group 12 of the periodic table. Zinc is, in some respects, chemically similar to magnesium, because its ion is of similar size and its only common oxidation state is +2...
became important.
The Village of Gouverneur was incorporated in 1850.
Notable residents
Dede Scozzafava, New York State Assemblywoman and former mayor and village trustee of Gouverneur.Edward John Noble
Edward John Noble
Edward John Noble was an American broadcasting and candy industrialist originally from Gouverneur, New York. He co-founded the Life Savers Corporation in 1913...
, developer and marketer of the Life Savers
Life Savers
Life Savers is an American brand of ring-shaped mints and artificially fruit-flavored hard candy. The candy is known for its distinctive packaging, coming in aluminum foil rolls....
candy treat. Edward J Noble was born in Gouverneur and educated in the public schools. He also attended Syracuse University and graduated from Yale in 1905.He also was part of the Seaway project and was appointed to the advisory board by president Dwight Eisenhower in 1952. He also at one time owned Boldt Castle in Alexandria Bay New York. Also in 1913 he was the co-founder of the life saver. There are three hospitals named in his honor and a foundation. Noble died very peacefully in his sleep in 1958. The ornamental street lights in the village parkare all that remain of the gift of the new street lights that were given to the village by Edward and his brother. The lights are in memory of their father.
Thomas Pangle
Thomas Pangle
Thomas Lee Pangle BA PhD FRSC is an American political scientist. He currently holds the Joe R. Long Chair in Democratic Studies in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin and from 1979 to 2004 was University Professor in the Department of Political Science at the...
, who holds the Joe R. Long Chair in Democratic Studies at the University of Texas, is a famous educator, and the author of many books.
Burt Orrin Kinney, founder of Kinney Drugs
Kinney Drugs
Kinney Drugs is a chain of over 90 drug stores and pharmacies throughout Central and Northern New York, as well as Vermont. Its headquarters is located in Gouverneur.The company was founded in 1903 by Burt Orrin Kinney, a native of Gouverneur...
.
Brian Leonard
Brian Leonard
-St. Louis Rams:On April 28, 2007, Leonard was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the second round with the 52nd overall pick of the 2007 NFL Draft. Leonard signed a four-year, $2.8 million contract on July 24, 2007, that includes $1.55 million in guaranteed money. Coach Scott Linehan decided to use...
, is an American football player for the Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...
, and a former athlete from Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
. He was the Scarlet Knights' three-year star, earning numerous awards for his play in the Big East Conference. Leonard is renowned for his athleticism due to his size, hands, speed, as well as his leadership, unselfish play and high character. He is well known for jumping over would-be tacklers. This trademark hurdle has been dubbed the "Leonard Leap".
Wade Tyler Jones, participant in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. He is also a geologist who did research in Antarctica in 2010.
Geography
According to the United States Census BureauUnited States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the village has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km²), of which 2.1 square miles (5.5 km²) are land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km²) (2.74%) is water.
US Route 11 passes through the village, where it converges with New York State Route 58
New York State Route 58
New York State Route 58 is a north–south state highway located in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The highway runs in a northwest to southeast direction as it traverses the county. The southern terminus of the route is at a junction with NY 3 in the hamlet of Fine within...
and New York State Route 812
New York State Route 812
New York State Route 812 is a state highway in the North Country of New York in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at an intersection with NY 12 and NY 26 in the Lewis County village of Lowville...
. County Road 11 leads into the village from the north, and County Road 12 leads in from the west.
The Oswegatchie River
Oswegatchie River
The Oswegatchie River is a river in northern New York that flows north from the Adirondack Mountains to the Saint Lawrence River at the city of Ogdensburg. The river mouth was the site of a Jesuit mission, Fort de La Présentation, founded in 1749. Also a fur trading post, the village had 3,000...
flows westward through the village.
The Oswegathchie river runs all threw the village of Gouverneur, it flows from adjoing villages like Harrisville NY. On route 11 going south the village has small towns like Sparagville within it they also consider this to be part of Gouverneur. Going up on New York state 58 from Gouverneur the next little town or village is called Hammond this is going east from Gouverneur. If you were to go straight threw the village on route 11 going north then the next village would be Hermon Dekalb which is about 15 miles from gouverneur. Going west on the New York state route 812 it will bring you into a town called fowler which is also connected to Gouverneur and this little town is about 10 miles from it.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 4,263 people, 1,667 households, and 1,093 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 2,004.4 people per square mile (772.7/km²). There were 1,815 housing units at an average density of 853.4 per square mile (329.0/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 94.39% White, 1.78% Black or African American
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, 0.38% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.23% Pacific Islander, 1.06% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 1.76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.28% of the population.
There were 1,667 households out of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.6% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 13.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% were non-families. 29.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.09.
In the village the population was spread out with 29.8% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.9 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $25,174, and the median income for a family was $29,192. Males had a median income of $31,768 versus $20,064 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the village was $12,482. About 17.6% of families and 18.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.6% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.
Kinney Drugs
The headquarters of Kinney DrugsKinney Drugs
Kinney Drugs is a chain of over 90 drug stores and pharmacies throughout Central and Northern New York, as well as Vermont. Its headquarters is located in Gouverneur.The company was founded in 1903 by Burt Orrin Kinney, a native of Gouverneur...
is located in Gouverneur, along with Store #1, Store #34, the distribution center, and the Health Direct Services store. Store #1 used to be located beneath corporate headquarters at 29 E. Main Street, but was moved to the former Rite-Aid store at 17 Clinton Street after it closed. Kinney Drugs is a major employer in the village, and the original store is still an important aspect of its business district.