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Saratoga County, New York

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
84historic places
—earliest paper
1791formed
235,509pop. 2020
120cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 84 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 8 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Saratoga Springs, Waterford, Ballston Spa.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New York is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Saratoga titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

35 of 84 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

84 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Arrowhead Casino Prehistoric SiteSaratoga SpringsSite2000
Ballston Spa National BankBallston SpaBuilding2025
Barker General StoreBeecher HollowBuilding2002
Batchellerville Presbyterian ChurchBatchellervilleBuilding2000
Beecher, Eli and Diadama, HouseEdinburgBuilding2015
Berry, Col. Sidney, HouseNorthumberlandBuilding2003
Best, Abraham, HouseVischer FerryBuilding2011
Broadway Historic DistrictSaratoga SpringsDistrict1979
Broadway Historic District (Boundary Increase II)Saratoga SpringsDistrict1994
Broadway Historic District (Boundary Increase)Saratoga SpringsDistrict1983
BrooksideBallston SpaBuilding1975
Bullard BlockSchuylervilleBuilding2009
CATAWISSA (tugboat)WaterfordStructure1996
Calvary Episcopal ChurchBurnt HillsBuilding2017
Canfield Casino and Congress Park NHLSaratoga SpringsDistrict1987
Casino-Congress Park-Circular Street Historic District NHLSaratoga SpringsDistrict1972
Champlain CanalTroyDistrict1976
Charlton Historic DistrictCharltonDistrict1976
Church Hill Historic DistrictHalfmoonDistrict2021
Clifton Park Center Baptist Church and CemeteryClifton Park CenterBuilding2004
Clifton Park HotelClifton Park and HalfmoonBuilding1998
Copeland Carriage ShopBeecher HollowBuilding2018
Copeland Covered BridgeEdinburgStructure1998
Crescent Methodist Episcopal ChurchCrescentBuilding2000
Davis-Ferris Organ NHLVillage of Round Lake
Davis-Ferris Organ NHLVillage of Round Lake
Drinkhall, TheSaratoga SpringsBuilding1974
Dunning Street CemeteryMaltaSite2015
Dutch Reformed Church of GansevoortGansevoortBuilding1995
East Side Historic DistrictSaratoga SpringsDistrict1982
Ellsworth, Col. Elmer E., Monument and GraveMechanicvilleObject1976
Franklin Square Historic DistrictSaratoga SpringsDistrict1973
Gansevoort MansionGansevoortBuilding1976
Garnsey, Nathan, HouseRexfordBuilding2012
Gideon Putnam Burying GroundSaratoga SpringsSite2003
Grant CottageMount McGregorBuilding1971
Grant Cottage NHLMount McGregorBuilding
Grooms Tavern ComplexGrooms CornersBuilding2000
Hadley Mountain Fire Observation StationHadleyStructure2001
Hadley Parabolic BridgeHadleySite1977
International Paper Administration Building and Time OfficeCorinthBuilding2017
Jonesville CemeteryJonesvilleBuilding2014
Jonesville StoreJonesvilleBuilding2011
Marshall HouseSchuylervilleBuilding2002
Mead HouseGalwayBuilding2004
Mohawk Valley Grange HallGrooms CornersBuilding2012
Northside Historic DistrictWaterfordDistrict1975
Noxon Bank BuildingCrescentBuilding2003
OakcliffCrescentBuilding1998
Ormsby-Laughlin Textile Companies MillWaterfordBuilding1986
Packer Farm and Barkersville StoreMiddle GroveDistrict2013
Parks-Bentley HouseSouth Glens FallsBuilding1994
Peebles (Peobles) IslandWaterfordDistrict1973
Petrified Sea Gardens NHLSaratoga SpringsDistrict1999
Pure Oil Gas StationSaratoga SpringsBuilding1978
Rayfiel, David, HouseDayBuilding2009
Rexford, Cyrus, HouseRexfordBuilding2011
Round Lake Historic DistrictRound Lake andDistrict1975
Royal Blockhouse, TheMoreauSite2012
Ruhle Road Lenticular Metal Truss BridgeMaltaStructure2004
Saratoga Gas, Electric Light and Power Company ComplexSaratoga SpringsBuilding2001
Saratoga National Historical ParkAlbanyDistrict1966
Saratoga Reformed Church, OldSchuylervilleBuilding1997
Saratoga Spa State Park District NHLSaratoga SpringsDistrict1985
School No. 5 "The Little Red Schoolhouse"Clifton ParkBuilding2025
Smith's Grain and Feed StoreElnoraBuilding2012
St. Stephen's Episcopal ChurchSchuylervilleBuilding2005
Stillwater United ChurchStillwaterBuilding2006
Todd, Hiram Charles, HouseSaratoga SpringsBuilding1972
URGER (canal tugboat)WaterfordStructure2001
US Post Office-Ballston SpaBallston SpaBuilding1988
US Post Office-Saratoga SpringsSaratoga SpringsBuilding1989
Union Avenue Historic DistrictSaratoga SpringsDistrict1978
Union Mill ComplexBallston SpaBuilding1982
Verbeck HouseBallston SpaBuilding1983
Victory MillsSchuylervilleBuilding2010
Vischer Ferry Historic DistrictClifton ParkDistrict1975
Vischer Ferry Historic District (Boundary Increase)Vischer FerryDistrict1997
Waterford Village Historic DistrictWaterfordDistrict1977
West Charlton United Presbyterian ChurchWest CharltonBuilding1998
West Side Historic DistrictSaratoga SpringsDistrict1994
West, George, HouseRock City FallsBuilding2005
Wiggins-Collamer HouseMaltaBuilding2007
Yaddo NHLSaratoga SpringsDistrict2013

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Saratoga was formed in 1791 (1791-02-07) from Albany.

SARATOGA created from ALBANY.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Saratoga County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

236k130k25k18001840188019101920196020002020
1800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
24,56436,05240,55351,72955,15661,08960,02965,60674,86989,096153,759200,635235,509

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Saratoga National Historical ParkNational Historical Park20.4 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

120 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 120 listed
NameLatLon
Allen Cemetery43.14773-73.85404
Allen Cemetery43.07164-74.02717
Anderson Cemetery43.16465-74.10881
Angell Cemetery43.19691-73.83159
Arnold Cemetery43.15298-73.7741
Ashley Cemetery43.02329-73.9736
Bacon Hill Cemetery43.13479-73.6063
Bailey Cemetery43.18585-73.83095
Baker Cemetery42.93074-73.69669
Ballou Cemetery43.16983-73.89899
Ballston Cemetery42.99579-73.8569
Baptist Church Cemetery42.98598-73.68276
Barkersville Cemetery43.08238-74.03456
Big Bend Cemetery43.26657-73.69042
Brick Church Cemetery43.15465-73.74037
Briggs Cemetery42.97411-73.87153
Bryan Scidmore Cemetery43.0857-73.66618
Burnt Hills Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery42.90951-73.89143
Caldwell Cemetery43.02908-73.70663
Cemetery of the Visitation43.09701-73.59595
Clifton Park Baptist Cemetery42.85847-73.83112
Clifton Park Village Cemetery42.86698-73.76686
Clothier Cemetery43.23015-73.7981
Conklingville Cemetery43.31505-73.93596
Conklingville Cemetery43.30046-73.88723
Corinth Rural Cemetery43.24184-73.83993
Cornell Howard Cemetery43.08494-73.89739
Daniel's Road Cemetery43.10618-73.78986
Davis - Bedell - Young Cemetery43.21355-73.78215
Day Cemetery43.17879-73.9005
Dimmick Cemetery43.18908-73.69917
Douw Winney Cemetery43.10459-73.64702
Dunham Cemetery42.98964-73.71499
Dunning Street Cemetery42.97159-73.79555
Earls Cemetery43.19577-73.88522
East Galway Cemetery43.06706-73.98511
East Line Union Cemetery42.93489-73.82477
Eddy Cemetery43.19433-73.78836
Edinburg Cemetery43.27799-74.09219
Edwards Cemetery43.17944-73.86435
Emersons Corners Cemetery43.17071-73.71621
Factory Village Cemetery43.02513-73.86044
Fairmount Cemetery43.05158-73.62216
Finch Cemetery43.10195-73.59834
Foster Hill Cemetery43.05611-74.06096
Frink - Hoyt Cemetery43.08123-73.93683
Galway Village Cemetery43.02478-74.03366
Gansevoort Cemetery43.19079-73.6491
General Fraser Burial Site43.00186-73.61012
Gerald B. H. Soloman Saratoga National Cemetery43.0293-73.6082
Greenfield Cemetery43.12887-73.83452
Greenridge Cemetery43.07035-73.78512
Grenell Road Cemetery43.06699-73.95591
Griswold Cemetery43.24585-73.6768
Grooms Methodist Church Cemetery42.82697-73.82486
Gurn Springs Cemetery43.17136-73.71506
Hagadorn Cemetery43.07647-74.099
Hillside Cemetery42.90674-73.89667
Hodges Cemetery43.18423-73.82081
Hubbell Cemetery42.97329-73.9192
Hudson View Cemetery42.89852-73.69372
Hutchings Cemetery43.12636-73.92086
Jeremiah Smith Cemetery42.92835-73.96776
John Eggleston Cemetery43.22505-73.81954
Jonesville Cemetery42.90961-73.82156
Kings Station Cemetery43.16039-73.7639
Laing Cemetery43.12185-73.58891
Louden Cemetery43.10776-73.72354
Malta Ridge Cemetery43.01663-73.79101
Malta West Ridge Cemetery42.9997-73.81298
Maplewood Cemetery43.09763-73.74325
Maplewood Cemetery43.19234-73.86507
Mechanic Street Community Church Cemetery43.06619-74.05388
Middle Grove Cemetery43.09089-73.9135
Middletown Cemetery42.82684-73.71738
Millious Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery42.85498-73.79063
Munger Cemetery43.05873-73.82487
Nathan Carpenter Cemetery43.20228-73.82539
North Milton Cemetery43.07562-73.86535
Notre Dame Cemetery43.09894-73.59785

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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