Editing Ballston Spa, New York (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Stephen Steele Barlow]], Attorney General of [[Wisconsin]].
* [[Scott Cherry]], former [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball|North Carolina Tar Heels]] player, [[High Point Panthers men's basketball|High Point Panthers]] coach
* [[Dick Doheny]], racing driver
* [[Abner Doubleday]], [[American Civil War]] hero and supposed inventor of [[baseball]], was born in Ballston Spa. The house he was born in is designated as a [[New York (state)|New York]] State landmark.[[File:DoubledayBirthplace.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Birthplace of Abner Doubleday]]
* General [[James Gordon (New York)|James Gordon]], a veteran of the American Revolution, lived in Ballston Spa.  Gordon Creek is named after him.
* [[Trevor Marsicano]], Olympic short-course speedskater, winning a silver medal in the Team Pursuit at the 2010 Games.
* [[Ed Pompa]], racing driver
* [[Frances Shimer]] (1826&ndash;1901), founder and first president of [[Shimer College]].
* [[Ebby Thacher]], Bill Wilson's (co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous) sponsor.
* [[Ira Thomas]] (1881&ndash;1958), Major League Baseball player was born in Ballston Spa
* [[Stephen Trombley]], Emmy Award-winning film maker, author and musician, is a 1972 graduate of Ballston Spa High School.
* [[Todd Waring]], television and movie actor, 1973 graduate of Ballston Spa High School.
* [[George West (American politician)|George West]] acquired ten paper mills situated along the [[Kayaderosseras]] Creek from 1862 to 1899 and became the largest manila paper manufacturer in the world. Also was a member of the New York State Assembly and the United States Congress.