Roessleville, New York

Roessleville
hamlet and CDP
Etymology: for Theophilus Roessle
Roessleville is located in New York
Roessleville
Roessleville
Location of Roessleville within the state of New York
Coordinates: 42°41′42″N 73°48′27″W / 42.69500°N 73.80750°W / 42.69500; -73.80750
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
RegionCapital District
CountyAlbany
Settled1840
Area
 • Total
2.89 sq mi (7.5 km2)
 • Land2.88 sq mi (7.5 km2)
 • Water.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation
243 ft (74 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
11,518
 • Density4,000/sq mi (1,500/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
12205
Area code518

Roessleville is a hamlet in the town of Colonie, Albany County, New York, United States. It is a densely settled suburb of the city of Albany, along New York State Route 5. Roessleville was a census-designated place in the 1990 Census, but was deleted in 2000,[1] but became a CDP again in 2020.[2]

History

Roessleville was originally of the Pine Bush pine barrens that stretched from Albany to Schenectady; the land later became farmland in the 1940s, then more recently transformed into a densely packed suburb.[3] Roessleville is named for Theophilus Roessle, a German immigrant from the Kingdom of Württemberg, who built one of the most elegant mansions in the Albany area in what is now Roessleville; today's Elmhurst Avenue was once his gated driveway.[3][4] Two of the most famous residents of Roessleville was Josiah and Elizabeth Stanford; parents of Governor of California Leland Stanford; who moved the entire family here in 1840 and owned the Elm Grove Farm and hotel.[5]

Geography

Roessleville is that section of the town of Colonie between Osborne and Wolf roads, it is bisected by Central Avenue (NY Route 5).[3] The Albany city line is along its southeastern border, the village of Colonie is along its northwestern boundary at Wolf Road. The census-designated place of Roessleville, as defined by the US Census Bureau for 1990, was 2.9 square miles (7.5 km2) in area.[6]

Location

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
19705,476—
198011,685113.4%
199010,753−8.0%

Since hamlets are by definition ill-defined any attempt at accurate calculations of population related statistics will be difficult or inaccurate. As a census-designated place (CDP) prior to 2000 however Roessleville did have definitive boundaries, though they did change over time from one census to another. Roessleville was not a CDP in 1960, but was in 1970 when it had 5,476 persons which included 125 in a small slice of the town of Guilderland;[7] the Guilderland section was not included in 1980,[8] and in 1990 Roessleville had a population of 10,753.[6]

References

  1. ^ 2000 census of population and housing: Population and housing unit counts, Issues 19-23. United States Bureau of the Census. 2003.
  2. ^ "State of New York Census Designated Places - Current/BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2019". tigerweb.geo.census.gov. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Frances Ingraham (September 11, 1994). "Roessleville Evolved from Pine Bush, Farmland". Albany Times Union. Retrieved February 13, 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ George Howell and Jonathan Tenney (1886). Bi-Centennial History of Albany: History of the County of Albany from 1609-1886. W.W. Munsell and Company. p. 935. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  5. ^ Schenectady County Historical Society (2009). Niskayuna. Arcadia Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-7385-6536-1. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Table 5: Land Area and Population Density: 1990" (PDF). US Bureau of the Census. p. 39. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
  7. ^ 1970 Population: Volume 1; Characteristics of the Population. US Census of the Bureau. 1970. p. 3423.
  8. ^ 1980 Census of Population; Volume 1: Characteristics of the Population. US Bureau of the Census. 1980. pp. 34–10. Retrieved February 13, 2010.