CARTHAGE, a village of Jefferson county, (N.Y.), U.S.A., 75m. N. by W. of Utica, on the Black river, 742ft. above sea level, and served by the New York Central railroad. The popu lation in 1930 Federal census 4,46o. It is in a dairying and cheese-manufacturing region, and is within easy reach of the Thousand Islands and the western Adirondacks. Its industries include several paper-mills and foundries, and plants making paper-mill machinery, paper sizing, sash and blinds and lumber specialties. The village was incorporated in 1841.