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Walton is a village in the town of Walton in Delaware County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 3,088.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Walton village, New York )〕 Walton is the home of the annual Delaware County Fair, which is typically held in August.〔http://delawarecountyfair.org/〕 There are three primary and secondary schools in Walton: Townsend Elementary School, Mack Middle School, and O'Neill High School.〔http://www.waltoncsd.org/〕 ==History== The Gardiner Place Historic District, U.S. Post Office, Christ Episcopal Church, and the Walton Theatre, all listed on the National Register of Historic Places, are located in the village. Walton is the birthplace of William B. Ogden (born 15 June 1805), the first mayor of Chicago and a founder of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad line.〔Downard, William L. "William Butler Ogden and the Growth of Chicago," ''Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society'', Spring 1982 (vol. 75, no. 1) pp. 47-60. http://dig.lib.niu.edu/ISHS/ishs-1982spring/ishs-1982spring.html〕〔Harpster, Jack. (2009) ''The Railroad Tycoon Who Built Chicago: A Biography of William B. Ogden''. Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press http://ogdenbooks.jackharpster.com/william_ogden.htm〕 Walton has suffered from major flooding in 1996 and 2006.〔http://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/22/nyregion/flooding-after-storm-impact-2-neighboring-towns-angry-river-sudden-death-for.html〕〔http://townofwalton.org/tag/flood-2006/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walton (village), New York」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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