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Welcome to the Town of Charlton, New York
The town of Charlton is located in the southwest corner of
Saratoga County. It was first part of
the Balls Town district in Albany1. In 1792, one year after the formation of Saratoga County,
Charlton was removed from Balls Town district and organized as a separate
town. It borders Schenectady and
Montgomery counties and the towns of Galway, Milton, and Ballston.
Charlton has a population of approximately 4,000 on 32.8
square miles, which is 4% of the land in Saratoga County. The average population in Charlton is 121
per square mile (the average population in Saratoga County is 247 per square
mile, the state of NY is 402 per square mile and US as a whole is 80 per
square mile). Click here for
more details. Click here
for the Supervisor’s welcome letter.
The town of Charlton has a rural character which the local
government preserves as one of the town’s appealing features.
Reference 1: Saratoga County Communities, an Historic
Perspective, published 1980 by Saratoga Planning Board, Jan Johnstone,
author. Library of Congress Catalog
Card Number 80-54366
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