๐บ๐ธ Carthage is a village located in the town of Wilna in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The village is named after the historic city of ๐น๐ณ Carthage in Tunisia.
The village of Carthage is along the southern border of the town of Wilna and is east of Watertown.
History The original settlement was called "Long Falls" and was settled around 1798.
The village was chartered in 1869. It is one of only twelve villages in New York still incorporated under a charter, the others having incorporated or re-incorporated under the provisions of Village Law.
In 1861, a major fire destroyed about twenty buildings in the village, and a smaller fire at the end of the year destroyed more property. A less destructive fire occurred in 1872. Another large fire in 1884 that spread across the river from West Carthage ruined more than 150 buildings. The First Baptist Church and Cook Memorial Building, State Street Historic District, and United States Post Office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2002, another fire destroyed eight buildings in the downtown area, displacing nearly 150 residents and leaving a pile of ruin.
Geography Carthage is located in eastern Jefferson County. Its south-western border is the Black River, which is in part the border with the town of Champion and the village of West Carthage in Jefferson County, and in part the border with the town of Denmark in Lewis County. The village is 2 miles (3ย km) south of the southern border of Fort Drum.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.7 square miles (6.9ย kmยฒ), of which 2.5 square miles (6.5ย kmยฒ) are land and 0.2 square miles (0.4ย kmยฒ), or 6.35%, are water.
The village is located at the junction of New York State Routes 3 and 126. NY-3 leads west 18 miles (29ย km) to Watertown, following the Black River, and north-east 20 miles (32ย km) to Harrisville. NY-126 leads west by a more direct route 16 miles (26ย km) to Watertown and south-east 14 miles (23ย km) to Croghan.
Media Champion Hill, located between Carthage and Watertown, is the birthplace of the majority of Watertown local TV stations. It hosted the original facilities for WWNY-TV (1954โ1970) and later WPBS-TV (as WNPE, 1971โ1977). WWNY's city of license still officially names Carthage, even though WWNY's studios have now moved to downtown Watertown.
Carthage has a population of over 3,155 people. Carthage also forms part of the wider Jefferson County which has a population of over 116,721 people. Carthage is situated near Watertown.
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