The effervescent water, tonic, and cathartic from this city is also known as Ballston Spa.

Portions of the novel The Last of the Mohicans were written by James Fenimore Cooper in the present day Brookside Museum and inspired by the local landscape.

Buster Red, a Depression era folk singer, wrote in his song "When I Go Out" details about his trip through Pennsylvania and New York.

According to the song it was in Ballston Spa that he was ultimately found out for some crime or deception, before moving on to Saratoga.

The book's author, Richard Russo, is a native of nearby Gloversville.

It was also the location of the fictional "Elspeth Hatch" murder trial defended by Clarence Darrow set in 1897 in the book titled The Angel of Darkness by author Caleb Carr.

[13] Ballston Spa was also mentioned in the 1963 novel The Tulip Tree by Howard Rigsby.

[15] It is also home to Brookside Museum, Saratoga County Historical Society.

[16] The Brookside Museum, United States Post Office, Union Mill Complex, and Verbeck House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

County Road 63 (Malta Avenue) leaves the village to the east, connecting it to U.S. Route 9 and Interstate 87 (The Northway).

32.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Before the 2008-2009 school year, the arrangement of public schools was as follows: This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.