Ballston Spa
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village in Saratoga County, New York, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- County
- Saratoga
- Named after
- Eliphalet Ball
- Total
- 1.61 sq mi (4.17 km )
- Land
- 1.60 sq mi (4.15 km )
- Water
- 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km )
- Elevation
- 315 ft (96 m)
- Density
- 3,193.3/sq mi (1,232.93/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 36-04253
- Gnis feature id
- 0969840
- Website
- Village of Ballston Spa
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Ballston Spa is a village in and the county seat of Saratoga County, New York, United States, located southwest of Saratoga Springs. It is part of the Capital Region. The population of the village, named after Rev. Eliphalet Ball, a Congregationalist clergyman and an early settler, was 5,111 at the 2020 census. Ballston Spa lies on the border of two towns, situated partly in the Town of Ballston and partly in the Town of Milton. The Ballston Spa School District encompassing most of the combined towns of Milton, Malta, and Ballston is often referred to locally as ‘Ballston Spa’ with the village proper being referred to as ‘The Village’ or 'Town'.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ballston Spa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.