Editing Gloversville, New York

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| leader_name        = [[Vincent DeSantis]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
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 |1           = • At-Large: Wayne Peters ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
 |2           = • W1: Marcia Weiss ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
 |3           = • W2: Jessica McNamara ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
 |4           = • W3: Betsy Batchelor ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
 |5           = • W4: Ellen Anadio ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
 |6           = • W5: Jay Zarrelli ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
 |7           = • W6: Michael Stover ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
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'''Gloversville''' is a city in the [[Mohawk Valley region]] of [[Upstate New York]], United States. The most populous city in [[Fulton County, New York|Fulton County]], it was once the hub of the United States' glovemaking industry, with over 200 manufacturers there and the adjacent city of [[Johnstown, New York|Johnstown]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Johnstown Glove & Leather Directory (1910)|url=http://www.gloversandtanners.com/1910_directory.html|website=gloversandtanners}}</ref> In 2020, Gloversville had a population of 15,131.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |date=July 12, 2022 |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts Gloversville city, New York |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/gloversvillecitynewyork |access-date=July 12, 2022 |work=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

==History==
Settlers of European descent came to the Gloversville area as early as 1752.<ref name=dghd>[https://www.livingplaces.com/NY/Fulton_County/Gloversville_City/Downtown_Gloversville_Historic_District.html "Downtown Gloversville Historic District"] Living Spaces</ref>

The region, historically known as "Kingsborough", was acquired by [[Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet]], who established tremendous influence with the Native Americans of the area, which translated into control of the  [[Mohawk Valley region]].  It was due to Johnson where the [[Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy]] remained allied with England during the [[French and Indian War]].  In reward, Johnson was granted the Kingsborough Tract, a large parcel of land which was settled by [[Scottish Highlands|Scottish Highlanders]].  Some of the Highlanders were so loyal to Johnson that after the Revolutionary War, they followed his son to Canada.<ref name=kbhd>[https://www.livingplaces.com/NY/Fulton_County/Gloversville_City/Kingsboro_Historic_District.html "Kingsboro Historic District"] Living Spaces</ref>

In 1752, Arent Stevens purchased land in the area. [[Puritan]]s from [[New England]] settled there at the end of the 18th century, utilizing the houses and cleared land that had been left behind when the Highlanders emigrated.<ref name=kbhd />  By 1803, according to Rev. [[Elisha Yale]], the population of Kingsborough consisted of "233 families and about 1,400 souls. Of the families, 191 are of English descent, twenty-three Scotch, fourteen Dutch, and five Irish."<ref name=kbhd />

In 1852 Gloversville had a population of 1,318 living on 525 acres in 250 small wood-frame houses centered on the "Four Corners" formed by the intersection of Main and Fulton Streets.<ref name=dghd />  The proximity of [[Tsuga|hemlock]] forests to supply bark for [[Tanning (leather)|tanning]] made the community a center of [[leather]] production early in its history: there were already 40 small glove and mitten factories there by 1852.<ref name=dghd />  The city would become the center of the American [[glove]]making industry for many years. From 1890 to 1950, 90% of all gloves sold in the United States were made in Gloversville.<ref name="heir">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/fashion/22GLOVERSVILLE.html?_r=2&emc=eta1&pagewanted=all |title=Heir to a Glove Town's Legacy |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Guy |last=Trebay |date=October 21, 2009 |access-date=August 9, 2010}}</ref>

Upon the establishment of a United States post office in 1828, "Gloversville" became the official name of the community. Prior to that Gloversville had been known as "Stump City" because of the large number of trees that had been cut down.<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.cityofgloversville.com/index.php/2015/06/02/1568/| title = Historic Gloversville| website = City of Gloversville| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160113235351/http://www.cityofgloversville.com/index.php/2015/06/02/1568/| archive-date = January 13, 2016| url-status = dead}}</ref> In 1853, Gloversville [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] as a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Village|village]],<ref name=dghd /> and then in 1890 as a city.<ref name="history">{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofgloversville.com/ContentManager/index.cfm?Step=Display&ContentID=5 |title=Community – Demographic/Historical |publisher=City of Gloversville |access-date=August 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221073619/http://www.cityofgloversville.com/ContentManager/index.cfm?Step=Display&ContentID=5 |archive-date=December 21, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>  The city grew rapidly, and the population swelled from 4,000 in 1877 to 13,864 in 1890.

Glove-making operations had gradually changed from being home-based to being factory-based, and large tanneries and glove shops employed nearly 80% of the residents of Gloversville area. Home workers sewed the gloves from leather which had been cut in factories. Related businesses, such as box makers, sewing machine repairmen, and thread dealers opened to serve the industry.

Until 1936, Gloversville had a very active electric interurban line, the [[Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad]]. It ran from Gloversville, through Johnstown, along the [[Mohawk River]] to [[Amsterdam (city), New York|Amsterdam]], then to [[Scotia, New York|Scotia]], then across the Mohawk River, and into downtown [[Schenectady, New York|Schenectady]] to the New York Central station. In 1932, in a bold move during the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]] it acquired unique bullet cars in an attempt to revive the economy. Freight operation continued through this era.<ref>Middleton. "Bullet cars on the FJ&G Railroad".</ref> Gloversville also became the main headquarters for the [[Junius Myer Schine|Schine movie]] industry in the mid-20th century.<ref>"J. Myer Schine, 81, Hotel Magnate, Father of Figure in McCarthy Probe". ''[[Washington Post]]''. May 10, 1971. <q>J. Myer Schine who started with a nickelodeon in Gloversville, New York and built a $150 million hotel, theater and broadcasting empire, died yesterday.</q></ref>

From the 1950s onwards, the decline of the glove industry left the city more and more [[deindustrialization|deindustrialized]] and financially depressed, with many downtown storefronts abandoned and store windows covered with plywood. Many houses were abandoned when some people moved out of town to find jobs elsewhere. The city's population peaked at 23,634 in 1950 and had since fallen to 15,665 people in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Price|first1=Debbie M.|title=In Upstate New York, Leather's Long Shadow|url=https://undark.org/article/leathers-long-shadow-gloversville-new-york/|access-date=16 November 2017|work=Undark|date=22 February 2017}}</ref> In 2018, redevelopment plans of downtown Gloversville were revealed.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Downtown Gloversville revitalization plan revealed {{!}} News, Sports, Jobs - Leader Herald|date=June 25, 2018|url=https://www.leaderherald.com/news/local-news/2018/06/downtown-gloversville-revitalization-plan-revealed/|access-date=2020-07-21|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2019, Mayor Vincent DeSantis ([[New York State Democratic Committee|D]]) proposed economic revitalization plans.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Gloversville mayor lays out revitalization plans {{!}} News, Sports, Jobs - Leader Herald|date=April 15, 2019|url=https://www.leaderherald.com/news/local-news/2019/04/gloversville-mayor-lays-out-revitalization-plans/|access-date=2020-07-21|language=en-US}}</ref> On June 5, 2020, the Regan Development Corporation, based in [[Ardsley, New York]], proposed plans to develop a new commercial space and apartment complex for the city.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Residential, commercial building proposed {{!}} News, Sports, Jobs - Leader Herald|date=June 5, 2020|url=https://www.leaderherald.com/news/local-news/2020/06/residential-commercial-building-proposed/|access-date=2020-07-21|language=en-US}}</ref> The city, along with the Fulton County Center for Regional Growth, also began expanding digital marketing to attract new residents and businesses from throughout [[New York (state)|New York State]] in efforts to diversify.<ref>{{Cite news|title=CRG, city working together to market Gloversville digitally|url=https://www.leaderherald.com/news/local-news/2020/07/crg-city-working-together-to-market-gloversville-digitally/|access-date=July 21, 2020|newspaper=[[Leader Herald|The Leader Herald]]}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|13.3|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.02|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 0.17%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> [[New York State Route 29A]] (Fulton Street) is an east–west road through the city. [[New York State Route 30A]] is a north–south highway along the eastern edge of the city, leading south {{convert|4|mi|0}} into [[Johnstown, New York|Johnstown]] and northeast {{convert|5|mi|0}} to [[Mayfield, New York|Mayfield]] at the southwestern end of [[Great Sacandaga Lake]]. Another north–south highway, [[New York State Route 309]] (Bleecker Street), has its southern terminus at NY-29A in the center of Gloversville.

Cayadutta Creek, a tributary of the [[Mohawk River]], flows southward through the city.

The city sits in the foothills of the [[Adirondack Mountains]] and therefore is within a climatic transition zone. Gloversville experiences the warmer summer temperatures common throughout the [[Capital District, New York|Capital Region]], [[Hudson Valley]], and [[Mohawk Valley region|Mohawk Valley]] while experiencing generally more copious precipitation throughout the year than the Capital Region. This manifests in commonplace rolling thunderstorms throughout the summer months and snowfall amounts more akin to the lake-pocked higher elevations of the Adirondacks in the winter months.

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==Cityscape==

===Neighborhoods===
The neighborhoods of Gloversville include [[Kingsboro, New York|Kingsboro]], Saint Thomas Square, Bleecker Square, as well as [[Downtown Gloversville Historic District|Downtown]].

===Parks and recreation===
Gloversville is home to over 10 parks and public spaces, with the largest being Herman Meyers Park. Meyers Park sits on 50 acres of wooded land close to the center of the city on land donated to the city from Max Meyers in honor of his father, Herman Meyers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Herman Meyers Memorial Park|url=http://www.cityofgloversville.com/portfolio/herman-meyers-memorial-park/|access-date=2023-01-14}}</ref>

One of the most notable parks in the city is Trail Station Park, which is home to many events in the city year round. The Annual Easter Egg Hunt, Fallfest, and Railfest all take place in the park, as well as concerts in the summer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gloversvill'e Railfest 16 draws big summer crowd|access-date=2023-01-14|publisher=The Daily Gazette|url=https://dailygazette.com/2022/08/13/gloversvilles-railfest-16-draws-big-summer-crowd/}}</ref> As of early 2020, expansions to the park have been planned. In her trip to Gloversville on November 28, 2022, [[Kathy Hochul|Governor Kathy Hochul]] announced $495,000 will be set aside from the Downtown Revitalization Grant that Gloversville won in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-transformational-projects-gloversville-part-10-million-downtown|publisher=State of New York|access-date=2023-01-14|title=Governor Hochul Announces Transformational Projects for Gloversville as Part of $10 Million Downtown Revitalization Initiative}}</ref>

Other parks and public spaces in the city include Union Street Park, Kingsboro Park, Darling Field, Melchoir Park, Estee Park, Ashley Park, Spring Street Park, Castiglione Memorial Park, Elk Street Park, South Main Street Piazza, and Parkhurst Field. Located between Temple and Union Streets, Union Street Park contains the city's ice rink in the winter and a full sized football field in the summer. On Kingsboro Ave and State Street is Kingsboro Park, which hosts a [[World War 2]] Monument. Melchoir Park sits in between Park Drive and Kingsboro Ave on the eastern part of the city, containing a fountain and several sculptures. Ashley Park and Spring Street Park both have [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|ADA]] accessible playground equipment. Elk Street Park (aka The Cage) and Darling field both have basketball courts, while Darling Field also has tennis courts. The Cage is located on Fulton and Elk in the center of the city, while Darling Field is in the northeastern part of the city on Kingsboro and Newman Streets.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 4518
|1880= 7133
|1890= 13864
|1900= 18349
|1910= 20642
|1920= 22075
|1930= 23099
|1940= 23329
|1950= 23634
|1960= 21741
|1970= 19677
|1980= 17836
|1990= 16656
|2000= 15413
|2010= 15665
|2020= 15131
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Gloversville city, New York|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/gloversvillecitynewyork/POP010220y}}</ref>
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According to the 2020 [[census]], 15,131 people and 6,232 households reside in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,998.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 88.2% [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|White]], 1.7% [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|African American]], 1.2% Native American, 0.7% [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Asian]], and 6.9% from two or more races. [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Hispanic]] or [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Latino]] of any race were 4.6% of the population.<ref name="Census 2010 DP">{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts Gloversville city, New York |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/gloversvillecitynewyork/POP010220 |access-date=July 12, 2022 |work=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.4% under the age of 18, 7.6% under the age of 5, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older in 2020. Females were 50.4% of the population, males 49.6%.<ref name="2020 Census Gloversville, NY">{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts Gloversville city, New York| url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/gloversvillecitynewyork/PST045222 |access-date=October 9, 2023 |work=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

Gloversville's median age in 2018 was 40.5, higher than the national average of 38 in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Median Age of the United States in 2019|url=https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=42381a3d8665410b85729b9de4d627ac#:~:text=In%202019,%20the%20median%20age,is%2038%20years%20of%20age.|access-date=2020-07-21|website=www.arcgis.com}}</ref> The estimated median household income from 2016 to 2020 was $38,620 and the per capita income was $21,973.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Gloversville city, New York in 2019 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/gloversvillecitynewyork/PST045219 |access-date=2020-07-21 |website=www.census.gov |language=en}}</ref> The city's median value for housing units was $76,500 in 2020. An estimated 21.5% of the city lived at or below the poverty line.<ref name="Census 2010 DP" />

===Religion===
According to [[Sperling's BestPlaces]], less than 30% of Gloversville's residents have a religious affiliation as of 2020, far lower than the 70% who have a religious affiliation across [[Fulton County, New York|Fulton County]] as a whole, making Gloversville one of the least religious places in the US. The largest religion that does exist in Gloversville and its surrounding area is [[Christianity]], mainly served by the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal]], [[United Methodist Church|United Methodist]] and [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] churches. Conservative evangelical churches in the area are the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] and [[Assemblies of God USA|Assemblies of God]]. The second largest religious group is [[Judaism]], followed by adherents of eastern religions including [[Hinduism]] and [[Buddhism]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Religion in Gloversville, New York|url=https://www.bestplaces.net/religion/city/new_york/gloversville|website=[[Sperling's BestPlaces]]}}</ref>

== Economy ==
The city of Gloversville was once a major center for the glovemaking industry in the United States, with over 200 glovemaking companies in the city at its peak. Since the 1950s, and accelerating in pace during the 1980s and 1990s, it has increasingly struggled with [[deindustrialization]]. Gloversville has also suffered from a declining population, poverty, drugs, and violent crime.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gloversville has highest poverty rate in state, Hudson has the lowest|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2012/02/17/gloversville-has-highest-poverty-rate.html#:~:text=Gloversville%20has%20the%20highest%20poverty,942%20metropolitan%20and%20micropolitan%20areas.|access-date=2020-07-21|website=Albany Business Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-07-07|title=20 most dangerous places in Upstate New York, according to latest FBI crime data|url=https://www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2017/07/20_most_dangerous_places_in_upstate_new_york_according_to_latest_fbi_crime_data.html|access-date=2020-07-21|website=newyorkupstate|language=en}}</ref> During the late 2010s and early 2020, the city has proposed numerous economic redevelopment plans to stem its decline.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

From 1931–2005, the town was also the home of a record-pressing plant that was founded by Brunswick Radio Corporation. In 1953, the plant was owned by American Decca Records, which became MCA Records in 1973 and merged with the PolyGram family of labels in 1999 to become Universal Music.<ref>MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville. Retrieved from [https://www.discogs.com/label/314985-MCA-Pressing-Plant-Gloversville Discogs.com] on April 10, 2023.</ref>

==Education==
Gloversville falls entirely within the Gloversville Enlarged School District<ref name="Fulton GIS">{{cite map |url= http://gis.fultoncountyny.gov/gis/main.asp |title= Fulton County Map Viewer |publisher= Fulton County, NY |access-date= August 9, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100715070640/http://gis.fultoncountyny.gov/gis/main.asp |archive-date= July 15, 2010 |url-status= dead }}</ref> All of Gloversville ESD's schools are within city limits, with the exception of Meco Elementary, which is in the [[Johnstown (town), New York|Town of Johnstown]] within {{convert|0.5|mi|km}} of the city's western border.<ref name="acme mapper">{{cite map |url=http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=43.05453,-74.34319&z=14&t=T&marker0=43.05362%2C-74.36144%2C199%20Lincoln%20St%5C%2C%20Gloversville%5C%2C%20NY&marker1=43.05423%2C-74.36068%2C234%20Lincoln%20St%5C%2C%20Gloversville%5C%2C%20NY&marker2=43.05511%2C-74.32585%2C56%20East%20Blvd%5C%2C%20Gloversville%5C%2C%20NY&marker3=43.06406%2C-74.34366%2C24%20W.%20Eleventh%20Ave.%5C%2C%20Gloversville%5C%2C%20NY&marker4=43.05046%2C-74.35776%2C230%20W.%20Fulton%20St.%5C%2C%20Gloversville%5C%2C%20NY&marker5=43.05548%2C-74.38288%2C140%20County%20Route%20101%5C%2C%20Gloversville%5C%2C%20NY&marker6=43.04141%2C-74.34383%2CBloomingdale%20Ave%5C%2C%20Gloversville%5C%2C%20NY |title=Overview of Gloversville showing locations of GESD schools |cartography=My Topo.com |publisher=Acme Mapper 2.0 |access-date=August 9, 2010}}</ref><ref name="GESD">{{cite web |url=http://www.gloversvilleschools.org/ |title=Gloversville Enlarged School District – Gloversville, NY |publisher=Gloversville Enlarged School District, Capital Region BOCES Communications Service |last=Phillips |first=Elizabeth |access-date=August 9, 2010}}</ref> Nearby [[Fulton–Montgomery Community College]] is located in the Town of Johnstown.

==Transportation==
The city owns and operates the Gloversville Transit System (GTS).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gloversville Transit System|url=https://www.ride-gts.com/|access-date=2023-01-14}}</ref> GTS runs bus service in the City of Gloversville, as well as the cities of Johnstown and Amsterdam.

[[Trailways]] serves a downtown terminal on West Fulton Street.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trailways Gloversville Bus Terminal|url=https://trailways.com/|access-date=2023-01-14}}</ref>

Privately owned Glove City Taxi also operates in the cities of Gloversville and Johnstown.

==Sports==
Parkhurst field, formerly the A.J.&G. field, located on Harrison Street is home to the Gloversville Little League.<ref>{{cite web|title=Parkhurst Field Gloversville, NY|url=http://www.cityofgloversville.com/parkhurst-field/|access-date=2023-01-14}}</ref> As of November 2022, Parkhurst field is undergoing a multi-million-dollar renovation.

Gloversville is also served by the Kingsboro Golf Course on the north side of the city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kingsboro Golf Club|url=http://www.kingsborogolfclub.com/| access-date=2023-01-14}}</ref> Kingsboro Golf Course is a 9-hole course with a restaurant and event center on site. In 2012, Pine Brook Golf Course, a 9-hole course near the south-west edge of the city closed. Its further development has been up in the air.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gloversville Common Council set to consider rezoning referral for formal Pine Brook Golf course|url=https://dailygazette.com/2021/12/26/gloversville-common-council-set-to-consider-rezoning-referral/|access-date=2023-01-14|publisher=The Daily Gazette}}</ref>

== Media ==
The city and area are primarily served by ''[[The Leader-Herald]]'', a regional newspaper that is headquartered there. Gloversville lies within the Capital Region's [[Media in New York's Capital District|media market]]. In addition to stations licensed to Albany, Gloversville is also served by radio stations [[WENT]] (1340 AM) and [[WFNY]] (1440 AM), and television station [[WFNY-CD]] (channel 16).

==Notable people==
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*Actress [[Elizabeth Anne Allen]], who played [[Amy Madison]] on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', was born and raised in Gloversville.
*Actor [[Mischa Auer]] (1905–1967) is buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville.
*Ambassador [[Samuel D. Berger]] (1911–1980) was born and grew up in Gloversville. He was President [[John F. Kennedy]]'s first Ambassadorial appointment (to [[Korea]]), and later served as Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam.
*[[Helen Broderick]] (1891–1959) film and stage actress, most known for ''[[Fifty Million Frenchmen]]'' and ''[[Top Hat]]''. Her husband, Lester Crawford (1885–1962), was an American film actor. They are the parents of film star [[Broderick Crawford]] and resided for a period of time on Temple Street in the late 1930s and 1940s. All are buried at Fern Dale Cemetery in Johnstown.
*Actress [[Betty Buehler]] was raised in Gloversville.
*[[Harvard University]] physician, pathologist, and immunologist [[Albert Coons]] grew up in Gloversville. Coons devised the technology of [[immunofluorescence]] microscopy and received the prestigious Albert [[Lasker Award]] in 1959 for his achievements in medical science.
*[[Kenneth F. Cramer]], [[United States Army]], [[Major General (United States)|Major General]] and [[Chief of the National Guard Bureau]], was born in Gloversville.
*Physicist [[William A. Edelstein]], one of the key developers of [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]] scanning, was born in Gloversville.
*In 1899, [[Samuel Goldwyn]] immigrated to the US from [[Poland]] through England to Canada. He eventually made his way to Gloversville. Having been trained in glovemaking in [[Hamburg]] by relatives, he worked as a glove maker and commissioned salesman for the Elite Glove Company.<ref>Berg (1989)</ref>
*[[Eugene Goossen]] (1921–1997), an art historian, was born in Gloversville.<ref name="Goossen">{{cite news |last=Dobryznski |first=Judith H. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/17/arts/eugene-goossen-76-art-critic.html |title=Eugene Goossen, 76, Art Critic |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 17, 1997 |access-date=August 9, 2010}}</ref>
*Hall of Fame [[harness racing]] driver [[Billy Haughton]] was born in Gloversville.
*[[Casey Johnston]] (born 1987), fitness writer and influencer
*[[Lucius Littauer]], five-term member of the [[United States House of Representatives]], first-ever football coach for the [[Harvard Crimson football]] team, philanthropist, and convicted smuggler, was born in Gloversville. In 1891, he provided the founding donation for Nathan Littauer Hospital, which was named in honor of Lucius' father, and which continues to serve the Gloversville area.
*Actress [[Nicole Maines]], who played [[Nia Nal]] aka Dreamer on ''[[Supergirl (TV series)|Supergirl]]'', was born in Gloversville. 
*[[Patrick Peterson (runner)|Patrick Peterson]], distance runner for the Atlanta Track Club based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Formerly of the Iowa State Cyclones, where he was an All-American, and of [[Sacred Heart University]] in Connecticut, where Peterson won multiple New England titles.
*Artist [[Frederic Remington]] was a one-time resident of Gloversville.
*[[Pulitzer Prize]] winning author [[Richard Russo]] (''[[Empire Falls]]'', ''[[The Risk Pool]]'') was raised in Gloversville. The city and its residents were the inspiration for many of his characters and locations in his novels, especially his novel ''[[Mohawk (novel)|Mohawk]]''.
*[[David Smukler]] (1914–1971), NFL football player
*[[Harriet Mabel Spalding]] (1862–1935) was a litterateur and poet.
*Opera singer [[Sharon Sweet]] was born and raised in Gloversville.

==Historic places of interest==
*Gloversville contains two historic districts listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP):
**[[Downtown Gloversville Historic District]] - Primarily on North and South Main Street and East and West Fulton Street
**[[Kingsboro Historic District]] - A small district consisting of the houses which face Veterans Park, the Kingsboro Assembly of God church, the Kingsboro Cemetery, the Fulton County Museum building, and several other properties.
*There are also a number of individual landmarks listed on the NRHP:
**[[First United Methodist Church (Gloversville, New York)|First United Methodist Church]] - currently unused
**[[Gloversville Armory]] - used by the [[New York Army National Guard]]
**[[Gloversville Free Library]] - now the Gloversville Public Library
**[[Gustav Levor House]]

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center" widths="174px" heights="167px"> 
File:Kingsboro Assembly of God, Gloversville.jpg|The Kingsboro Assembly of God Church, built in 1838 as a Presbyterian church, is the centerpiece of the [[Kingsboro Historic District]]
File:Fulton County Museum, Gloversville.jpg|The Fulton County Historical Society operates the Fulton County Museum from a former public elementary school built in 1900
File:Glove Theater, Gloversville.jpg|The [[Glove Theatre]] on North Main Street was the flagship of the Schine Enterprises chain
File:Gloversville Armory from west, Gloversville.jpg|The [[Gloversville Armory]] was built in 1904. It is still used by the [[New York Army National Guard]].
File:Eccentric Club, Gloversville.jpg|The Eccentric Club building, completed in 1908, is part of the [[Downtown Gloversville Historic District]] The club was founded in 1882.
File:Gloversville Free Library entrance, Gloversville.jpg|The [[Gloversville Free Library|Gloversville Public Library]] building is a [[Carnegie Library]] built in 1904
</gallery>

==References==
'''Notes'''
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'''Bibliography'''
* Berg, A. Scott (1989) ''Goldwyn: A Biography'', New York: Knopf {{ISBN|9780394510590}}
* Decker, Randy L. (1998) ''The Fonda, Johnstown, and Gloversville Railroad: The Sacandaga Route to the Adirondacks''. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. {{ISBN|9780738556697}}
* Engel, Herbert M. (1991) ''Shtetl in the Adirondacks: The Story of Gloversville and Its Jews''. Fleischmanns, New York: Purple Mountain Press. {{ISBN|9780935796223}}
* Larner, Paul (2009) ''Our Railroad: History of the Fonda, Johnstown, and Gloversville Railroad 1867–1893''. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse. {{isbn|9781438947631}} {{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=September 2020}}
* Middleton, William D. (2000) [1961] ''The Interurban Era''. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. {{ISBN|978-0-89024-003-8}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.cityofgloversville.com City of Gloversville official website]
* [http://www.ecode360.com/?custId=GL0052 City Charter and Code]
* [http://fultoncountymuseum.com/ Fulton County Historical Society & Museum]
* [http://town-court.com/getTownCourt.php?courtID=226 Gloversville City Court information] at town-court.com

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