HOOSICK FALLS, a village of Rensselaer county, New York, 3om. N.E. of Albany, on the Hoosick river. It is served by the Boston and Maine railroad. The population in 193o was 4,755. The falls of the river furnish abundant water power, and the village has various manufacturing industries.
It was founded about 1688 by Dutch settlers, and was incorpo rated in 1827. At Walloomsac, 3m. N.E., was fought on Aug.
16, 1777, the battle of Benning ton. The battlefield is now owned and maintained by the State.