SARATOGA COUNTY 



Saratoga County lies on the west bank of the Hudson, the 

 Mohawk forming the extreme southeastern boundary. Its total 

 area is 526,720 acres. From, east to west the county measures 

 approximately 26 miles, and from north to south 38 miles. 



The population is distributed as follows: 



Population by Cities and Townships 



Saratoga Springs (city) 



BaWaton* 



Charlton 



Clifton Park 



Corinth 



Day 



Edinburgh 



Golway 



Greenfield 



Hadley 



Halfmoon 



Malta 



(Census of 1915) 

 13, 792 Milton 



2,464 



1,0S0 



2,391 



2,661 



541 



785 



1,278 



1,642 



689 



6,559 



1,298 



Moreau 



Northumberland 



Providence 



Saratoga 



Stillwater 



Waterford 



Wilton 



Total 



5,702 

 3,240 

 1,120 

 512 

 3,814 

 6,837 

 5,487 

 1,090 



62,982 



* Ballston Spa is the county seat. 



Note. — Mechanicville, which was incorporated as a city in 1915, now has 

 a population of over 8,000. 



HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 



This county was formed from Albany in 1791. Within its 

 present boundaries once lay the favorite hunting grounds of the 

 Mohawk. One of the most famous of these hunting grounds was 

 known to the Indians as " Sa-ragh-to-ga," from which the county 

 derives its name. This term is said to imply "place of swift 

 waters " or " place of salt springs." 



As early as 1684 this hillside country of the Hudson was sold 

 by the chiefs of the Mohawks to Peter Philip Schuyler and six 

 other eminent citizens of Albany, and the Indian grants were 

 confirmed by the English government. This became known as 

 the Saratoga patent. 



The Indian name for the territory in which the famous mineral 

 springs were found was Kayaderosseras, another of their favorite 



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