Editing Austerlitz, New York

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| official_name      = Austerlitz, New York
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| image_caption      = Town hall, along [[New York State Route 203|NY 203]] in [[Spencertown, New York|Spencertown]]
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Columbia County, New York|Columbia]]
| named_for          = [[Battle of Austerlitz]]
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| government_type    = [[Town Council]]
| leader_title       = [[Town Supervisor]]
| leader_name        = Jeff Braley ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
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 |1           = • Jon Mesick ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
 |2           = • Bryan Geel ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
 |3           = • Carol Pinto ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
 |4           = • Matt Verenazi ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
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| population_total   = 1625
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| area_code          = [[Area code 518|518]]
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'''Austerlitz''' is a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|town]] in [[Columbia County, New York|Columbia County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. The population was 1,625 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US3602103287| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212163838/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US3602103287| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Austerlitz town, Columbia County, New York| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=December 9, 2014}}</ref><ref name="census.gov">US Census Bureau, 2020 Census Report, Austerlitz, Columbia County, New York https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Austerlitz%20town,%20Columbia%20County,%20New%20York Accessed January 3, 2023</ref> The town was named after the [[Battle of Austerlitz]].

The town is in the eastern part of Columbia County.

== History ==
Ellis, Capt. Franklin, "History of Columbia County, New York", (1878), page 381:

<blockquote>The town was organized from parts of the towns of [[Hillsdale, New York|Hillsdale]], [[Chatham (town), New York|Chatham]], and [[Canaan, New York|Canaan]], March 28, 1818. A little more than one-fifteenth of the present town was taken from Chatham, a little over one-eighth from Canaan, and a little less than five-sixths from Hillsdale. From the fact that among the first settlers there were no less than twelve families of Spencers, the north part of Hillsdale had been known from the first as "Spencer's-town." This name finally attached itself simply to the village, and when the division of the town was being talked up it was proposed to call the new town "New Ulm."  When the bill erecting it passed the Legislature, however, [[Martin Van Buren]], then a State Senator, and who, being an ardent admirer of the great [[Napoleon]], was somewhat incensed at one of his political opponents (Elisha Williams, if we mistake not), who had succeeded in having a town in [[Seneca County, New York|Seneca County]] christened "[[Waterloo (town), New York|Waterloo]]," leaped to his feet and moved to amend by calling the new town "Austerlitz."  Having carried his point, he retired to his seat, saying "There's an Austerlitz for your Waterloo."</blockquote>

=== Past residents of note ===
[[File:MillayColonyBarn.jpg|alt=3 story barn with some snow on the ground, mountain in the background nd a cloudless sky|left|thumb|[[Millay Arts]] barn built from a [[Sears Roebuck]] kit in 1926<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Lisa |date=August 7, 2023 |title=A Night Of Creativity: Millay Arts Gala Celebrates 50 Years Of Artistic Creation - Rural Intelligenc |url=https://ruralintelligence.com/community/a-night-of-creativity-millay-arts-gala-celebrates-50-years-of-artistic-creation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028113808/https://ruralintelligence.com/community/a-night-of-creativity-millay-arts-gala-celebrates-50-years-of-artistic-creation |archive-date=October 28, 2023 |access-date=March 2, 2024 |website=Rural Intelligence}}</ref>]]
[[Edna St. Vincent Millay]], Pulitzer-prize winning poet, lived at [[Steepletop]], a more than {{convert|800|acre|km2|adj=on}} property that had previously been a farm. Her sister, [[Norma Millay|Norma]], inherited the property at Millay's death in 1950. Norma and her husband, Charles Ellis, in 1973 founded a non-profit artist residency program, the [[Millay Arts]] (formerly the Millay Colony for the Arts<ref name=":0" />), and deeded a small portion of the land to the organization. In 1978, Norma created the non-profit Edna St. Vincent Millay Society that now oversees the house and remainder of the property. Tours are available.

Steepletop was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1971.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|126.4|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|126.2|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|km2|disp=flip|2}}, or 0.19%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> The western half of the town drains via tributaries of [[Kinderhook Creek]] and [[Claverack Creek]] westward to the [[Hudson River]], while the eastern half primarily drains via the Green River southeast into [[Massachusetts]], where it joins the [[Housatonic River]] flowing south into [[Connecticut]].

The eastern town line is the border of Massachusetts.

The [[Taconic State Parkway]] passes through the far western side of the town.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1820= 2355
|1830= 2245
|1840= 2091
|1850= 1873
|1860= 1889
|1870= 1442
|1880= 1341
|1890= 1142
|1900= 974
|1910= 811
|1920= 666
|1930= 643
|1940= 626
|1950= 753
|1960= 809
|1970= 905
|1980= 1314
|1990= 1456
|2000= 1453
|2010= 1654
|2020= 1625
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|estref= 
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=Census of Population and Housing |publisher=Census.gov |access-date=June 4, 2015 }}</ref> 2020<ref name="census.gov">US Census Bureau, 2020 Census Report, Austerlitz, Columbia County, New York https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Austerlitz%20town,%20Columbia%20County,%20New%20York Accessed January 3, 2023</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,453 people, 620 households, and 427 families residing in the town.  The population density was {{convert|29.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 906 housing units at an average density of {{convert|18.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the town was 97.45% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.83% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.07% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.55% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.76% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.34% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.83% of the population.

There were 620 households, out of which 25.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families. 24.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 20.4% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 34.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.6 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $51,369, and the median income for a family was $56,771. Males had a median income of $44,531 versus $37,188 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $38,054.  About 4.7% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.2% of those under age 18 and 0.8% of those age 65 or over.

== Communities and locations in Austerlitz ==
*'''Austerlitz''' &ndash; The [[Hamlet (New York)|hamlet]] of Austerlitz is located east of the geographic center of the town at the junction of routes [[New York State Route 22|22]] and [[New York State Route 203|203]].
*'''Morehouse Corner''' &ndash; A hamlet in the northwestern corner of the town on Route 203.
*'''Red Rock''' &ndash; A hamlet at the northern town line.
*'''[[Spencertown, New York|Spencertown]]''' &ndash; A hamlet in the western part of the town on Route 203.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Austerlitz, New York}}
* {{Official website|http://austerlitzny.com/}}
* [http://www.millay.org Edna St. Vincent Millay Society: Steepletop]

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[[Category:Towns in Columbia County, New York]]
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